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My hand is swollen, hot and red where an I.V. has been for 4 days. What should I do?

By lisa hunter
Created 11/24/2009 - 16:01

I have been released from the hospital after a 4 day stay. The hand that my I.v. was in is throbbing, red, swollen and hot. Will it just go away, or not?

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