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 ...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Splinters are a common, often painful, part of growing up. Sometimes, coaxing a child into letting you remove a splinter is tougher than the actual injury, but there are times when ...

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.

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 ...