Is this your symptom?
- Injury to the finger or fingernail
Types of Finger Injuries
- Cuts, Scrapes (skinned knuckles) and Bruises are the most common injuries.
- Jammed Finger. The end of a straightened finger or thumb receives a blow (usually from a ball). Always check carefully that the end of the finger can be fully straightened. This type of injury can damage the joint.
- Crushed or Smashed Fingertip(from being shut in a door). The end of the finger may have a few cuts or a blood blister. The fingernail may be damaged. Fractures are not common, but can happen.
- Fingernail Injury. If the nailbed is cut, it needs sutures to prevent a permanently deformed fingernail.
- Subungual Hematoma (bruising/bleeding under the nail). Often caused by a crush injury from a door or a heavy object falling on the finger while it is on a firm surface. Pain may range from mild to severe with throbbing. The pressure often needs released to prevent loss of the fingernail and to relieve the pain. May also need repair of the nailbed, if it is cut.
- Fractures are broken bones.
- Dislocations happen when a bone is pulled out of its a joint socket.
Pain Scale
- Mild: you feel some pain. But, it does not keep you from your normal activities. Work, activities and sleep are not changed.
- Moderate: the pain keeps you from doing some normal activities. It may wake you from sleep.
- Severe: the pain is very bad. It keeps you from doing all normal activities.
When to Call for Finger Injury
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