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However, potential complications include: bleeding infection injury to adjacent organs, especially the colon/intestines or bladder (if the abcess is in the abdomen)
Abscess Drainage 2010
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After mocking my poor husband for his 'abcess' in his 'buttal region' … here I am.
Crunchy Carpets 2008
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Upon field dressing, I noticed she had a large abcess on the inside of her left thigh.
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Upon field dressing, I noticed she had a large abcess on the inside of her left thigh.
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I suppose an autopsy found an abcess on the brain but the superscience of the year 1900 determined that that in turn had been caused by overstudy.
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Jane E. Schneider says: db, thanks, all of us are well (well, one of our cats, Pita, had a big-ass abcess removed from her hip and now looks like Frankenkitty, but …) Not too much snow here, but our office and other nearby areas were hit hard.
Think Progress » Van Jones to Glenn Beck: ‘I see you, and I love you, brother.’ (Updated) 2010
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I suppose an autopsy found an abcess on the brain but the superscience of the year 1900 determined that that in turn had been caused by overstudy.
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I'll never forget the woman who limped into the outreach van with a horrific abcess on her leg from repeatedly injecting into it.
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The tensions and hatred are like a giant pus filled abcess that is starting to draw and very soon will burst squirting it, s infective material all around.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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After a tense night, tears and me accusing my mother of trying to kill the cat, himself has been taken to the vet and the abcess has been lanced.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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