Don’t let a splinter get out of hand — a California ER doctor is sharing his simple removal hack. Dr. Joe Whittington, who goes by Dr. Joe on TikTok, recommends getting a clean, unused medicin ...

WE A Volusia County man nearly lost his hand after getting a large splinter while inspecting hurricane damage in Central Florida.After Hurricane Milton blew through Central Florida, Jan Collins ...

Alan Blakey, who works in a children’s home, had removed the splinter four days after it became lodged in the skin of a finger on his left hand. The finger then became sore and swollen and he ...

The carpenter from St Austell, Cornwall, got a splinter of wood caught in his hand whilst working in August 2020. The splinter had festered, leading to bacterial meningitis and the infection ...

A care worker who had a splinter in his finger ended up having to have it amputated after staff at an NHS urgent treatment centre thought it was “a superficial injury”. Alan Blakey, who works ...