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Heat boil on my son's hand
My 15 days old son has a big reddish heat boil near his hand joint. we are just applying sandel on it to cool them for past three days. What should we do?
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Its a abscess....require antibiotic and sos incision & drainage...
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This looks like an abscess. Consult online for further treatment
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