Injuries, Wound and Trauma  What is a puncture wound?  A Answers
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Punctures usually occur when a pointed object, such as a nail,
pierces the skin.      A gunshot wound is a puncture wound.
Puncture wounds do not bleed much unless a blood vessel has been
injured. However, an object that goes into the soft tissues
beneath the skin can carry germs deep into the body. These germs
can cause infections -- sometimes serious ones. If the object
remains in the wound, it is called an embedded object.     Arc
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