Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dave Parkyn and his mother, Jackie (SWNS) A carpenter suffered a life-threatening stroke, blindness, sepsis and pneumonia after a ...

A carpenter suffered a life-threatening stroke, blindness, sepsis and pneumonia after a wood splinter in his hand became infected. Dave Parkyn was left blind in his right eye, partially sighted in his ...

They may not be a matter of life and death, but knowing how to remove a splinter correctly can relieve someone from ongoing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Splinters are everyday injuries commonly involving a small shard of wood, glass, metal, plastic or a thorn that becomes embedded ...