Posted: 7/29/2011 6:30:05 AM EDT
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I stabbed myself in the top of the foot with a philips head bit on a power drill 5 days ago. Went pretty deep, possibly into the muscle but I washed it off with some alcohol and though nothing of it.
It was fine for 3 days, but yesterday my foot started aching when standing or walking on it. It feels like a joint or tendon pain, kind of like arthritis. It is no better this morning and I am contemplating wether to spend ~$500 on going to the walk-in clinic. Should I fo or will it get better on its own? |
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A puncture wound to the foot, top or bottom, has landed many people in the hospital for IV Abx...
Often small bits of that bacteria farm we call a shoe will be forced into the wound. Very compartmentalized, your foot is, anatomically speaking... A localized infection can be a serious issue... Just sayin'... Good luck with it. p |
| I knew a guy who got a deep puncture wound on the top of his hand, between his thumb and index. He didn't go to the doctor and it abcessed for about a month. He said one night he squeezed it and about a half a cup of pus squirted across the room. Then it got better. |
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Could very well be an abscess developing. Watch it for a day or so, if it becomes red and swollen and you can't stand to stand on it (  ) go to the clinic, better than having half a foot cut off with a 25 000 bill dying later.FIFY Happened to a guy on another forum - Zombie Hunters I think. |