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Today I got a blackthorn spine in my thumb. I've had a good look and I don't think there is any thorn left in my thumb, but my thumb has really swollen up and its moving into the palm of my hand a bit. I can't bend it very much and it's real painfull, I had to stop climbing on my last job.

Has anyone come across this before, and anyone know of a good way to treat it?

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got one stuck in the back of my leg doing a hedge once!think it stayed in there for a couple of weeks and a load of puss expoled and out it came in the bath....real nice, left a scar..in the fingers is nasty evan worse near a joint but it will go down if you can get it out.

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Thanks for the info guys, hopefully I'll live!

The garden I got the thorn from belongs to a man who makes props for films. His place was amazing.

Imagine my suprise when I walked into his garden and there stood a full size resin elephant and horse and half an army of soldiers. He's made things for all the star wars films, his house looks like that bar in star wars, full of strange creatures, but the main prop he makes, are suits of armour. He had about sixty full suits of armour lined up for a film that starts filming in a couple of years and he has to make about 200 more by then.

And the worst part, I forgot my camera!!!

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