Symptoms of a skin foreign body may include:

• Object in the skin
• Numbness around the wound
• Skin pain around the wound
• Skin swelling around the wound
• Skin tenderness around the wound

Skin foreign bodies may result in skin infections.

Symptoms of a skin infection may include:

• Fever
• Redness and swelling of the skin:
• Cellulitis of the face
• Cellulitis of the ear
• Cellulitis of the arm
• Cellulitis of the hand
• Cellulitis of the leg
• Cellulitis of the foot
• Cellulitis of the abdomen
• Cellulitis of the breast
• Red streaks spreading from the wound
• Lymphangitis of the back of the leg
• Swollen lymph glands near the wound
• Pus draining from the wound

For more information:

• Lacerations symptoms
• Puncture wound symptoms