Needle

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

The needle if not dissolved already will come out from wherever the VF
decides is best. But it seems to miss vital organs and further damage!
You mention 'silica like sx' - you have a long wait - I'd give the Sil and
watch the case.

Rgds
Soroush
Message: 3
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:40:30 -0500
From: "DMH"
Subject: Re: Silica question

Thoughtful as always, Andy. I have a patient with a diagnosis of rheumatoid
arthritis (no RA factor, however), whose troubles apparently began when she
imbedded a stainless steel needle in her heel. (Looked like a clear Ledum
case, but it wasn't.)

That needle is now somewhere in her body, though no longer in her heel.
I've been wondering when & whether I should give Silica but assume that the
need will manifest itself in a change to Silica-like symptoms. Now I wonder
whether, like your Civil War soldier's bullet, the needle will follow its
original trajectory in exiting from her body.

Peace,
Cinnabar
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