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Boil with swelling

2017-12-29 08:54:47
Have a boil on my right hand wrist... Due to which whole hand is swelled up with pain..
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hello mam.... That is what we call the spreading cellulitis due to the boil. Please get it examined by a surgeon and take the treatment before it gets any worse.

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