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    Apr 25, 2011, 07:02 PM
    Red streaks up arm swollen hand and arm?
    My husband is severely swollen and also has red streaks all the way up his arm and he has a fever he is in the hospital now and they don't have a clue either he works with rebar and concrete and thinks he poked himself with something he has a puncture on his thumb his hand and arm are just getting bigger what do you think
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    Apr 25, 2011, 07:12 PM

    The doctors at the hospital would know better than us. It sounds, though, like an infection or cellulitis. Has he had a tetanus shot recently? Is he on antibiotics?
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