In the well-known fable Androcles and the Lion, a tiny splinter brought the mighty lion to his knees. And if you’ve ever had a spiky splinter puncture your tender skin, you can relate. Getting a ...

Wash the area around the splinter with soap and warm water, and swipe your tweezers with alcohol and let them air-dry. With clean, dry hands, sterilize a sewing needle by soaking it in alcohol a few ...

A splinter is any small fragment of a larger object that gets embedded under the skin surface. This can refer to fragments of wood, glass, metal, or even plastic. Wood splinters are most common and ...

Never try to squeeze a splinter out or apply pressure to the region surrounding the splinter, as this might cause the splinter to split or go deeper into your child's skin. Splinters are very common ...

A 2cm wooden splinter embedded in Billie J Bedser’s foot went undetected for five years, causing seizures, memory loss and fatigue. The 32-year-old DJ from Australia stepped on the stick during ...

Arizona catcher Miguel Montero was held out of Monday’s Cactus League game against the Royals because of a swollen right thumb that team trainers assumed was the result of a deeply embedded splinter.