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What Helps With Swollen Red Fingers In Type 1 Diabetic?
My son is a type 1 Diabetic, he developed a hangnail on Thursday it really did not start bothering him until Sunday, by 10:00 pm he didnt feel well and the finger was very red and soar. Gave him some acetaminophen, he got up a few times not able to sleep, so finally at 3:00 am we checked on him and his finger looked scary, very swellen red and kinda blue, went to ER gave him Cephalexin 500 mg
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Dear madam i can understand your concern
in my opinion your son developed nail infection because of ingrowing toe nail.
this kind of conditions are common in uncontrolled diabetes.
He will respond to antibiotics and get well soon.
To avoid this kind of infections well controlled diabetes and proper nail care is important.
take advice of podiatrist for nail care in diabetes.
Regards
Dr vamsi krishna
in my opinion your son developed nail infection because of ingrowing toe nail.
this kind of conditions are common in uncontrolled diabetes.
He will respond to antibiotics and get well soon.
To avoid this kind of infections well controlled diabetes and proper nail care is important.
take advice of podiatrist for nail care in diabetes.
Regards
Dr vamsi krishna
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