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Delayed effects of wounds

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Jens - 13 Jun 2007 22:46 GMT
In what circumstances could a wound apparently cure itself, then
develop to a life-threatening injury?

Best regards,

Jens
bae@cs.toronto.no-uce.edu - 14 Jun 2007 14:53 GMT
>In what circumstances could a wound apparently cure itself, then
>develop to a life-threatening injury?

Do you want this for a story you are writing?  A lot depends on
time scale -- do you want the victim to get in trouble days,
weeks, months or years after injury?

Tetanus.  Rabies.  A minor wound contaminated with somebody else's
blood could result in AIDS, hepatitis or other blood-borne disease.

A very small penetrating wound of the body cavity could result in
a fatal infection.  If you need to delay the result, I suppose a
wound that didn't quite penetrate could abscess and later open into
the abdomen causing a fatal peritonitis.

A small crack in the base of the skull can leak cerebrospinal fluid
into the back of the throat.  If bacteria manage to make the reverse
trip, the person can develop a serious infection of the brain.

I suppose an injury that damaged but didn't penetrate a major blood
vessel could leave a weak spot that might later rupture.

I'm not a doctor -- most of this is handwaving.  If any of it is
absurd, I hope the more knowledgable will correct me.
Jens - 15 Jun 2007 11:28 GMT
On 14 Jun, 14:53, b...@cs.toronto.no-uce.edu wrote:
> In article <1181771172.786769.251...@a26g2000pre.googlegroups.com>,
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> I'm not a doctor -- most of this is handwaving.  If any of it is
> absurd, I hope the more knowledgable will correct me.

I was thinking of something more prosaic, like diabetes. Suppose
someone steps on a nail. The wound cures itself to the point where the
person is able to walk around without limping. Could diabetes cause a
drastic change in this evolution, to the point that the victim
develops necrosis?

(Thanks for the above input, by the way.)

Jens
 
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