Seal finger
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seal-finger-321-12884833
title:
Seal finger
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Seal finger, also known as sealer's finger and spekkfinger, is an infection that afflicts the fingers of seal hunters and other people who handle seals, as a result of bites or contact with exposed seal bones; it has also been contracted by exposure to untreated seal pelts. The State of Alaska Section of Epidemiology defines it as "a finger infection associated with bites, cuts, or scratches contaminated by the mouths, blood, or blubber of certain marine mammals". Seal finger was first described
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Medical condition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_finger
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2023-09-24T19:52:01Z
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