Wound Infection
Is this your child's symptom?
- Signs of wound infection include pus, spreading redness, increased pain or swelling, and fever
- A break in the skin (a wound) shows signs of infection
- Includes infected cuts, scrapes, sutured wounds, puncture wounds and animal bites
- Most dirty wounds become infected 24 to 72 hours later
- If NOT, try one of these:
- Suture Questions