TO MANY OF US, GETTING A SPLINTER IN YOUR HAND THAT YOU JUST CAN’T GET OUT. YEAH, KIND OF ANNOYING, RIGHT? THE MAN HAD THIS HAPPEN TO HIM. ONLY THE SPLINTER WAS SO BIG HIS HAND GOT SO INFECTED HE ...

A carpenter suffered a life-threatening stroke, blindness, sepsis and pneumonia after a wood splinter in his hand became infected. Dave Parkyn was left blind in his right eye, partially sighted in his ...

A man who went for a routine eye check-up was found to have a splinter lurking in his cornea. BMJ Case Reports 2023 An opthalmologist performing a routine checkup made an eye-opening discovery. An ...

It left him with a sliver of hope. A UK carpenter’s life nearly splintered apart when he suffered a stroke and nearly lost his sight after a splinter in his hand sparked a ferocious infection. “He ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X “I’m sure he’s going to be fine, but I’m just freaking out right now and pacing around the house,” ...