78YOF WAS GARDENING AND GOT A SPLINTER IN HER LEFT THUMB. SHE WENT INSIDE AND USED ALCOHOL TO STERILIZE A NEEDLE AND DUG OUT THE SPLINTER. WITHIN A FEW HOURS SHE DEVELOPED SIGNIFICANT SWELLING AND PAIN IN THE THUMB WHICH RAPIDLY SPREAD INTO THE THENAR EMINENCE AND UP TO THE ANTECUBITAL FOSSA. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND WITH FOREIGN BODY OF LEFT THUMB WITHOUT DAMAGE TO NAIL, LYMPHANGITIS, CELLULITIS
Date: 5/5/2025
Category: other / not elsewhere classified
Product: PINS AND NEEDLES
Products involved: PINS AND NEEDLES; UNCATEGORIZED PRODUCT (TO BE ASSIGNED)
Diagnosis: Puncture
Body part: Finger
Location: Not Recorded