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Carbuncle Warning Signs
Notify your doctor if you have a carbuncle and any of the following:
- Fever over 101 degrees F (38.3 C)
- Worsening pain
- Increasing redness and swelling around the abscess:
- Cellulitis of the face
- Cellulitis of the arm
- Cellulitis of the hand
- Cellulitis of the leg
- Cellulitis of the foot
- Cellulitis of the abdomen
- Red streaks that travel away from the carbuncle:
- Lymphangitis of the arm
- Lymphangitis of the back of the leg
- Lymphangitis of the hand from a finger wound
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Last Updated: Nov 4, 2008 References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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