Nose injury and injured skin
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Nose injury and injured skin
A cut or puncture in your skin may occur if you break your nose. The bone may come through the skin. Skin bacteria can enter at the site of a cut or puncture and lead to a serious infection, such as:
- A skin infection (cellulitis).
- A pus-filled pocket (abscess) just under the skin surface or deep in tissue.
- A bone infection (osteomyelitis).
- A sinus infection caused by injury (post-traumatic sinusitis).
- An infection of the membranes covering the brain (meningitis).
Prompt treatment of an infection can prevent complications.
Credits
| Author | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Charles M. Myer, III, MD - Otolaryngology |
| Last Updated | April 20, 2007 |
| Last updated: | April 20, 2007 |
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| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Reviewed By: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, Charles M. Myer, III, MD - Otolaryngology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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