splinter
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A splinter (also known as a sliver) is a fragment of a larger object, or a foreign body that becomes embedded in a body. To be considered a splinter, the foreign body must penetrate and remain lodged within the tissue. Splinters may cause initial pain due to the damage of flesh and muscle, and can cause an infection through contamination by bacteria on the foreign object.
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- Splinter
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- Sliver
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- Wooden splinter in a finger
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- Infection
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- Wood, hair, glass, plastic, metal, and spines of animals
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- Infection
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14 sectionsContents
- Mechanism
- Classification
- Materials
- Wood
- Fishhooks
- Glass
- Metal
- Hair
- Detection
- Indicators of a hidden foreign body
- Imaging
- Removal
- Infection
- References
A splinter (also known as a sliver) is a fragment of a larger object, or a foreign body that becomes embedded in a body. To be considered a splinter, the foreign body must penetrate and remain lodged within the tissue. Splinters may cause initial pain due to the damage of flesh and muscle, and can cause an infection through contamination by bacteria on the foreign object.
Splinters are commonly made of wood, but they may be constituted of several other materials, such as hair, glass, plastic, metal, and the spines of animals.