Beware of 'Halloween hand' and other scary holiday-related injuries

Hey, moms, if you value your fingers, be careful as you carve up the household jack-o’-lantern. One slip of the knife, and you could wind up in the hospital with “Halloween hand.”

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The injuries ranged from minor cuts to major lacerations across the palm that sever tendons, nerves, and blood vessels, said Asif M. Ilyas, a hand surgeon at the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute. Ilyas sees several Halloween injuries a year, including knives that go “through and through,” sticking out of the hand, and even amputated fingers.

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