help!! my finger is swollen and im in pain!! what can i do??
Question Posted Saturday April 19 2008, 8:16 pm
you know those lose skins by your nails well i pulled a piece of skin off the side of my nail now my finger is really swollen and it hurts!! is this normal what can i do to stop the swolling and the pain??
ellegirl606 answered Sunday April 20 2008, 2:03 am: Ouch! I'm assuming you're talking about a hangnail? Next time you have one of those, just trim it as low down as you can instead of pulling it off.
I hope you cleaned the area with soap and water ASAP to prevent infection. Maybe apply some first aid antibiotic ointment and a band-aid as well.
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