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Thread: Pain and swelling at cannula site

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06-30-2008, 02:26 PM

notme

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I am a: Type 1

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Probably infected. I have had one or two get like this and your best bet is to use some antibiotic ointment on it. If it doesn't start feeling better pretty quickly, you need to get it looked at by the doc.

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