 [ Symptoms ] why would a gunshot wound in the arm not be stitched or sutured  we took my son to the specialist 48 hours after the gunshot was treated in the er at a hospital the specialists office was shocked that they left both of the wounds unstitched or sutured he bled badly when the bandage was removed at the doctor there was no evidence of iodinebeta dine on the wounds either is this common because all our sources say it was not proper procedure please advise us he now has to be kept on antibiotics for an extended period of time too late to stitch now [ Disease ] of course there are different kinds of hernias but the simple answer is no hernias do not cause rectal bleeding so there is most likely another cause