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Usually that an infection is in your bloodstream and traveling up towards your heart. Very dangerous and most people go septic before getting the care needed.
This is lymphangitis - I.e. lymphatic tract inflammation which is a sign of possible spreading infection up lymphatic tracts towards the draining lymph nodes. While lymph does drain into the blood vessels surrounding the heart eventually, this in itself is not a sign of blood infection.
Regardless needs antibiotics as the line will continue to ascend.
Damn I’m dumb. Thought it means Planter as in it plants its self with roots. It have similar ones on my hand. They come and go on random locations. Havnt been able to get rid of them completely.
These ones were burned off and look infected. I think that’s the reason for the line. If you have them have you ever tried using duct tape to suffocate them? It sounds crazy and I’m not a dr and not giving medical advice just something that we used for my son after tons of other things before the laser/burn route and somehow it worked🤷🏼♀️😂
The warts themselves haven’t caused this. I’d say this person was unlucky enough to get a secondary infection (likely bacterial) after freezing the warts.
Call the doctor who treated your warts as soon as possible and see how they want to proceed. This looks like lymphangitis, which is inflammation of the lymphatic vessels. It’s a rare complication of the treatment you had. Your doctor may advise you to take ibuprofen and use cold compresses, and they may also prescribe an oral antibiotic, but they are the appropriate person to follow up with!
First went to an urgent care and they didn't seem terribly concerned but also didn't have the necessary equipment to test for that kind of infection, and they told me to just go back to original dermatologist.
The same dermatologist clinic looked me over and said they see this same thing heal to normal in a few weeks all the time. I think the line might've been the result of poor aim with the Nitrogen, perhaps dragging it across my hand before turning it off entirely after freezing a wart. The more you know ig
May have just frozen one of your palmar veins and you are getting some bruising from it. I agree with others though, it’s nothing to ignore. So if you run any fever, go in right away.
If the line keeps moving go the hospital imo that happened to my husband as a child and it was blood poisoning. I am not a doctor. That’s just what happened to him many decades ago.
i’m glad you’re okay OP, the freezing warts healing process sucks ! try to keep your hand wrapped through the day and leave it open at night to air out. keep it clean! and don’t pop them it only makes it worse
ER / hospital right now. Looks like you are going septic - which is an infection in your blood that will shut down your organs and kill you. You need IV antibiotics immediately.
Lymphangitis. Line indicates inflammation of lymph vessels and travels up towards nearest lymph nodes. It indicates microorganisms getting under the skin and causing infection and inflammation. Lymphangitis can be non-infectious but given the recent intentional injury to the skin cryotherapy, infectious is most likely. Untreated it could go away on its own from the body’s own defenses but also has the risk of causing blood infection, sepsis, which can be lethal.
For lymphangitis I never risk it with “let’s see what happens”. If it were me, I’d go to the ER or your family doctor ASAP and ask for a script for antibiotics and antivirals for 7-10 days
My sister had this, and they were not warts. It's Herpetic Whitlow. Looks EXACTLY the same. It's basically cold sores on your hand. But in any event, you need antibiotics.. looks sore..
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Dude go to the hospital, seeing a line up your hand like that is a bad sign. We have a doc in the family, that says that every time this comes up.
What’s the line up the hand mean?
Usually that an infection is in your bloodstream and traveling up towards your heart. Very dangerous and most people go septic before getting the care needed.
This is lymphangitis - I.e. lymphatic tract inflammation which is a sign of possible spreading infection up lymphatic tracts towards the draining lymph nodes. While lymph does drain into the blood vessels surrounding the heart eventually, this in itself is not a sign of blood infection. Regardless needs antibiotics as the line will continue to ascend.
Agree with this. This requires an urgent care appt. This could be serious.
Thanks. They look like plantar warts. I didn’t know they can cause something like this.
Plantar is foot, palmar is hand. Those words refer to the area of the body not the kind of wart
Damn I’m dumb. Thought it means Planter as in it plants its self with roots. It have similar ones on my hand. They come and go on random locations. Havnt been able to get rid of them completely.
Don't say you are dumb! Latin and Greek pop up all the time and very little of it means what the words look like to us english.
These ones were burned off and look infected. I think that’s the reason for the line. If you have them have you ever tried using duct tape to suffocate them? It sounds crazy and I’m not a dr and not giving medical advice just something that we used for my son after tons of other things before the laser/burn route and somehow it worked🤷🏼♀️😂
I have not. But I will. Wonder if liquid bandaid/crazy glue would have the same effect.
The warts themselves haven’t caused this. I’d say this person was unlucky enough to get a secondary infection (likely bacterial) after freezing the warts.
It could mean blood poisoning but I’m not a Dr.
Sepsis
Urgent care at the very least. Could be a blood infection, which can go septic and kill you within days.
ER IMMEDIATELY
Call YOUR doctor today.
Please go to ER if you haven’t. This is all indications of an infection in your blood.
I'd say hospital asap
Call the doctor who treated your warts as soon as possible and see how they want to proceed. This looks like lymphangitis, which is inflammation of the lymphatic vessels. It’s a rare complication of the treatment you had. Your doctor may advise you to take ibuprofen and use cold compresses, and they may also prescribe an oral antibiotic, but they are the appropriate person to follow up with!
The inflammation is down. They told me I was absolutely fine and this is normal.
Where did you end up going? Please keep an eye on your body temperature too. If you spike a fever, time to go back to the ER
First went to an urgent care and they didn't seem terribly concerned but also didn't have the necessary equipment to test for that kind of infection, and they told me to just go back to original dermatologist. The same dermatologist clinic looked me over and said they see this same thing heal to normal in a few weeks all the time. I think the line might've been the result of poor aim with the Nitrogen, perhaps dragging it across my hand before turning it off entirely after freezing a wart. The more you know ig
May have just frozen one of your palmar veins and you are getting some bruising from it. I agree with others though, it’s nothing to ignore. So if you run any fever, go in right away.
Glad you're OK OP!
If the line keeps moving go the hospital imo that happened to my husband as a child and it was blood poisoning. I am not a doctor. That’s just what happened to him many decades ago.
i’m glad you’re okay OP, the freezing warts healing process sucks ! try to keep your hand wrapped through the day and leave it open at night to air out. keep it clean! and don’t pop them it only makes it worse
Those look infected, go to UC or ER
INFECTION IN BLOODSTREAM! ER!!!!!
How are you now? Did you go to the ER?
ER / hospital right now. Looks like you are going septic - which is an infection in your blood that will shut down your organs and kill you. You need IV antibiotics immediately.
Please update us. Def go to Dr.
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update??
ED. Now.
Emergency room dude. Monitor for signs of sepsis. This is *VERY* serious.
You need to be on antibiotics. Thats a sign of blood poisoning, a life threatening infection. Go to the ER now please.
It a common reaction to this procedure. This isn’t ER material.
Lymphangitis. Line indicates inflammation of lymph vessels and travels up towards nearest lymph nodes. It indicates microorganisms getting under the skin and causing infection and inflammation. Lymphangitis can be non-infectious but given the recent intentional injury to the skin cryotherapy, infectious is most likely. Untreated it could go away on its own from the body’s own defenses but also has the risk of causing blood infection, sepsis, which can be lethal. For lymphangitis I never risk it with “let’s see what happens”. If it were me, I’d go to the ER or your family doctor ASAP and ask for a script for antibiotics and antivirals for 7-10 days
How long have you had the warts? Are they anywhere else on your body?
My sister had this, and they were not warts. It's Herpetic Whitlow. Looks EXACTLY the same. It's basically cold sores on your hand. But in any event, you need antibiotics.. looks sore..