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    Kenney999 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Oct 4, 2012, 10:31 AM
    Stapled my finger
    I put a staple in my finger from an air gun yesterday. I think it hit the bone. It felt like I hit my finger with. 2x4. Not much blood but some dull numbness. Still numb today. If I did hit the bone could bone marrow leak out? Can bone chips travel and cause more problems? I took amoxicillin left over from a tooth extraction.
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    Oct 4, 2012, 10:59 AM
    Go to your doctor, but no, bone chips can't travel anymore and damage anything and bone marrow can't leak out. Bone marrow is renewable by the way, your body makes it.
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    Oct 4, 2012, 03:46 PM
    Don't take leftover antibiotics. If you really have a bacterial infection and don't take a full course of antibiotics, you won't kill them all and the ones remaining will be even stronger and make you sick. Taking antibiotics as a preventative measure without knowing you have a bacterial infection is not good and increases the risk of antibiotic resistance, not only for you but for everyone.
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    Oct 8, 2012, 05:53 PM
    I poked my finger with the staple on sat @ work woke up Sunday and my finger was so swollen and painful! It is now Monday and my finger is still very swollen and so painful and I also get shooting sharp pains in the finger, it throbs and I can not put it straight??
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    Oct 8, 2012, 05:54 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by ss7714 View Post
    I poked my finger with the staple on sat @ work woke up sunday and my finger was so swollen and painful! It is now monday and my finger is still very swollen and so painful and i also get shooting sharp pains in the finger, it throbs and i can not put it straight ???
    See a doctor. It sounds like an infection.
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    Oct 8, 2012, 05:56 PM
    Thank u
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    Oct 8, 2012, 06:41 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by ss7714 View Post
    thank u
    Bring your tetanus shot information with you, or you will probably have to have one.
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