Dude! That ain't right!

Leg abscess skilfully drained and debrided by this resident. The patient told me to take a picture and then gave me permission to share it with you guys.

When you see an abscess like this, giving the patient a week of antibiotics is useless. The lesion needs to be drained and cleaned out or it will never get better.

This guy's friend is a nurse who drew the circle around the redness and threatened him with harm if he didn't go to hospital if it got better. That's a good friend.

Key tip to remember: when your skin turns green, it's not healthy.


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