Charleston, South Carolina (CNN) A sewn-up Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigned through the pain on Friday in South Carolina.

Sanders' team told reporters shortly before a health care panel on Friday that he received seven stitches -- along with a clean bill of health -- at a local walk-in clinic after cutting his head earlier "on the edge of a glass shower door."

Sanders did not acknowledge the bandage over his left eye, except to briefly dab at the area around the sutures, during his panel with patients and health care experts at the International Longshoremen's Association Local 1422 union hall in Charleston.

After suffering the injury, and before the public event, Sanders also attended a breakfast meeting with approximately 20 local clergy members, the campaign said. He will carry on as scheduled to Nevada for a rally on Saturday.

The health care conversation on Friday marked Sanders' second appearance in Palmetto State, where he lost badly to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primary, since beginning his 2020 presidential campaign nearly a month ago. On Thursday night, he addressed supporters in the gymnasium of a North Charleston Baptist church -- and offered a warning to the health care industry.

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