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  2. Needlestick injury - Wikipedia

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    Needlestick injuries are among the top three injuries that occur among material-recovery facility workers who sort through trash to remove recyclable items from the community-collected garbage. [41] Housekeeping and janitorial workers in public sites, including hotels, airports, indoor and outdoor recreational venues, theaters, retails stores ...

  3. Hand injury - Wikipedia

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    Most hand injuries are minor and can heal without difficulty. However, any time the hand or finger is cut, crushed or the pain is ongoing, it is best to see a physician. Hand injuries when not treated on time can result in long term morbidity. [6] Simple hand injuries do not typically require antibiotics as they do not change the chance of ...

  4. Hand arm vibrations - Wikipedia

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    HAVS, also known as vibration white finger (VWF) or dead finger, [1] is a secondary form of Raynaud's syndrome, an industrial injury triggered by continuous use of vibrating hand-held machinery. Use of the term vibration white finger has generally been superseded in professional usage by broader concept of HAVS, although it is still used by the ...

  5. Gangrene - Wikipedia

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    Gangrene toes in a diabetic. Gangrene is a type of tissue death caused by a lack of blood supply. [4] The feet and hands are most commonly affected. [1] If the gangrene is caused by an infectious agent, it may present with a fever or sepsis.

  6. Jammed finger - Wikipedia

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    Third degree sprains commonly result in a dislocation of the finger. [1] Injuries that force the finger towards the back of the hand may cause damage to the volar plate. [12] This is a ligament on the palm side of the hand that prevents hyperextension. [13] Volar plate damage may be assessed by pressing the finger bones from the back towards ...

  7. Mallet finger - Wikipedia

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    A mallet finger, also known as hammer finger or PLF finger or Hannan finger, is an extensor tendon injury at the farthest away finger joint. [2] This results in the inability to extend the finger tip without pushing it. [3] There is generally pain and bruising at the back side of the farthest away finger joint. [3]

  8. Kim Kardashian Seen With Bandaged Fingers at Paris ... - AOL

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    Kim Kardashian Aissaoui Nacer / MEGA Kim Kardashian appears to be nursing an injury. Kardashian, 43, stepped out at Margiela’s Paris Fashion Week presentation on Sunday, March 3, where she had ...

  9. Orf (disease) - Wikipedia

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    A live virus vaccine (ATCvet code: QI04AD01 ) is made from scab material and usually given to ewes at the age of two months, but only to lambs when there is an outbreak. [9] The vaccine can cause disease in humans. [10] [11] In sheep and goats, the lesions mostly appear on or near the hairline and elsewhere on the lips and muzzle.