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Car door, thou art my nemesis
Ok.
So, tonight I was going out to eat with some friends. While getting in the car, one of them managed to slam the door on my right thumb. Hard. Impacted on the nail and sides of my thumb.
Now, I have a purple finger about 1.5 times its normal size, blood somewhat congealing under the nail, and at the cuticle on top of my thumb it hasnt stopped bleeding (it bleeds VERY slowly, about a drop every 20 min) in the last 6 hours. Its also quite stiff. Sorry for the vivid description.
Im not much for first aid, so any ideas on how I can get the swelling down and the thumb back to normal by sunday? Im going visit my girl, and I forsee this damn thumb betting in the way. (Dont ask)
Ive done ice and bandage wrapping, but anyone have any other ideas?
Now, on sunday at about 5 am Im going to be arriving in town, so it has to be quick and effective remedies. 5s to anyone who gives an idea that improves the situation.
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if its the pain your worried about 2 pills of tylenol 3 with do the trick. as fot the thumb im sorry but plenty of ice and no movment should help i can speak from experience cause im currenly recovering from a severe foot sprain. ice, pain killer, and little movement is making me heal rapidley fast anyhoo hope it works for you!
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Sorry to hear that you have to deal with your thumb like that but I don't think it will go down by tomorrow. I mean, you made it sound so bad . . . Please please please go visit a doctor, you don't want to get an infection or worst case scenario a clot. Wrapping wont do any good, you need to let it dry.
Home remedy, my grandfather used to clean it with Rum, yes with Rum. It'll numb your thumb, trust me!
Let me know how it goes . . .
Hope you feel better!
Blu
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i think some cold water or ice (best of all icecold water :)) would help
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That happened to me, it's called smashing your finger. (Very technical term there ;).) It hurt a lot, but there's a very simple procedure. Go into the walk-in clinic or your doctor's office, won't cost you much at all, maybe like $10-15 depending on where you live. The doctor will melt a hole through your nail to relieve the blood and the pressure underneath, and the swelling should go down by Sunday. It doesn't hurt, I promise, your nail has no nerves and they don't have to melt through far enough to touch the skin underneath.
Oh yeah, and just to warn you, your fingernail is going to fall off. Not to be blunt. It will grow back, but it feels kinda funny having no nail there ;).
Good luck.
Love,
Nevaeh
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same thing happened to me before...alls u gotta do is go to the doctors and they burn a lil hole in ur nail to get all the pressure of the blood out. my ring finger was twice as big as normal and it went right down and it felt soooo good to get the pressure out. hope i helped
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there's not much you can do. my friend slammed his finger in the car door middle of september and his nail fell off a few weeks ago (end of october) his finger was broken, and that may or may not be the case with you, but it sounds like it. your finger is stiff and swollen because alot of blood is in your finger and it's building up pressure. one of the few things you could've done would be go to a dr and have him cut a hole in your nail to relieve the pressure, but it may be too late by now. all you can really do now is not use it, ice it, and keep bandaging it.
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No. There aren't any quick and affective remedies for you. Just wait.
And while you're waiting, go beat the hell out of the guy that did that to you.
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Extremly hot, extremly salty water. You should really go to a doctor for this. You'll lose the nail, but ti is the blood clot that scares me about all this. You need professional care. This said, the salt soak will bring down your swelling and help heal or prevent infection.
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