Lick my wounds

Description:Risks[ edit ] There are potential health hazards in wound licking due to infection risk, especially in immunocompromised patients. It should be noted that this sort of infection is rare and only occurs if the victim is vulnerable somehow; in this case suffering from diabetes. Saint Magdalena de Pazzi is said to have cured a nun of sores and scabs in by licking her limbs. The rabies virus may be transmitted between animals, such as the kudu antelopes by wound licking of wounds with residual infectious saliva. We humans, however, are blessed with knowing how to use soap and water, as well as disinfectants and, if required, antibiotics. A notable case was a diabetic man who licked his bleeding thumb following a minor bicycle accident , and subsequently had to have the thumb amputated after it became infected with Eikenella corrodens from his saliva. However, getting exposed to foreign bacteria can be very dangerous.

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