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How To Cure Knee Scrape?
So I went swimming yesterday and I jumped inside the hot tub and scraped my knee not a big scrap it s like a few centimeters across and in diameter so after then I went inside the sauna then I went home I put some saliva on it and then dried it a lil and put a bandade over night I took the brandade off and I saw this weird jelly substance on my scab what is this and how long will it take to heal?
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
It may be due to some local infection . you need some oral antibiotics. You should consult your local doctor. you also need to apply some topical antibiotics like mupirocin twice daily for 10 days. thanks
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