Removing Stitches (cont.)
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When to Seek Medical Care
If the following signs of infection are present, call the doctor.
- Redness
- Increasing pain
- Swelling
- Fever
- Red streaks progressing up an arm or leg
- Material coming from out of the wound
- If the wound reopens and bleeding occurs, call the doctor.
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As a method for closing cutaneous wounds, the technique of suturing is thousands of years old.
