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How Can A Big Toe Abscess With Pus Be Treated?
My 3 yr old daughter has a red pus pocket that s spread across her big toe. The dr has given her amoxilian but Iam unsure whether it s getting better or worse. On monday the pus pocket was whitish yellowish and one sided. Today the pus pocket is purply red and the pocket has spread across rather than one sided like how it was on monday.
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If the pus collection has increased even after giving oral antibiotics, you have to incise and drain and then continue antibiotics.
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