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Splinter Warning Signs
Notify your doctor if you have a possible skin foreign body and any of the following:
- Persistent bleeding from the wound
- Pus draining from the wound
- Skin numbness near the wound
- Fever over 101 degrees F (38.3 C)
- Worsening pain around the wound
- Worsening swelling around the wound
- You have not had a tetanus booster within 5 years
- Increasing pain, redness, and swelling of the skin:
- Red streaks that spread from a wound:
- 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 5, 2008 References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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PubMed Splinter References
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- O'Dell ML. Skin and wound infections: an overview. Am Fam Physician. 1998 May 15;57(10):2424-32. [9614412]
- Vincent A, Jenkins DW. Retained digital foreign body after a pellet gun injury. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2000 Feb;90(2):103-6. [10697978]