Holy Abscess! Not for the faint of heart

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This is quite a large abscess, kind of gross too :)

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My son saw this and asked if it was real? I said it looks real to me. What do you think?

Have any of you nurses seen an abscess this bad? Worse?

Dude needs a wound vac or something... I wonder how he's doing.

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can you imagine the pain this guy was in???

i'm more amazed than i am grossed out.

leslie

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.
can you imagine the pain this guy was in???

i'm more amazed than i am grossed out.

leslie

Yes, this.

I can't get beyond the pain this person had to have been in before. I hope he felt better after...

I've never seen that amount of drainage from an abscess.

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Oddly enough, I would also like to be the one doing the squeezing. lol. Of course, I have never experienced the smell that some of you have mentioned! :eek:

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I'm wondering what kind of search criteria leads someone to find this kind of stuff? :-)

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My husband just informed me I'm disgusting because I'm eating pea soup and watching this

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Wow, that guy must have been in SOOOO much pain before. I told myself that if I can get through that video without being grossed out I can be a periop nurse one day. Didn't gross me out, just felt bad for the guy.

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necrotizing fasciitis? what is that? it's like some bacteria liquefied the whole thigh!

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Brian, you can tell your son it looks plenty real.

I'm assuming this poor man was sedated/anesthetized. Thank goodness. You have to wonder how it could get this bad before he asked for help.

I'm guessing he'd be admitted for several days of IV abx and pain meds.

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Specializes in CCU, Geriatrics, Critical Care, Tele.
I'm wondering what kind of search criteria leads someone to find this kind of stuff? :-)

That is too funny, I asked my son the same question. How did you happen to come across that video? He said could not remember how he came across it? He was just looking at youtube videos and came across it as a related video? kids these days :) Maybe he is future nurse material maybe :)

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Specializes in LTC.

i can smell it.

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Specializes in LTC, Hospice, Case Management.
Love it! I would've paid good money to be the one that was squishing it out with their hand!

Oh geez....I thought I was the only one this sick. I could be rich if I could be a professional zit picker! LOL

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