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What Causes Swelling In Hands After Deaddiction From Heroin?
My friends daughter 22 yr old is suppose to be 30 clean from Iv heroin. Last night her hand swoll up to 2 times its size. She had another one about same size on her other hand. Was given antibiotics. Cleared up. My question is do these abscesses just show up
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What Causes Swelling In Hands After Deaddiction From Heroin?
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic It is possible that she may have repeated abscesses due to colonization with bacteria. This means that the particular bacteria may reside of some aspect of the body and cause repeated problems. This can be assessed with swabs. If this is found, she may require a prolonged course of antibiotics for treatment. I hope this helps