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Recovery From Stitches

2018-05-14 15:00:08
During last year december i fell down and had to get stitches on my left knee. After taking our the stitches, The wound started to swell alittle. Now , it's like popping out and whenever i hit it by accident even not with alot of strength it hurts and i can sort of feel like blood flowing inside. Is this normal?
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It looks keloid, condition in which wound heals excessively. You may need 3-4 sessions of Intralesional triamcinolone injections.
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show to qualified dermatologist for further treatment

Answered2018-05-15 05:37:55

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