It's bleeding underneath my fingernail and swelling. I was joking around with my sisters and they sat on (c)
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Am I missing something, everyone is telling you to bandage it and use antibiotic ointments but I don't see where you cut anything.
If you are bleeding underneath the nail as you say it truly will hurt A LOT!
Elevate your hand above heart level. So you can sit with your elbow on a desk and hold your hand in the air, or hold your hand up while arm is on the arm of chair, you get the idea. You can use an icepack as well. It will help stop the bleeding, decrease swelling and decrease pain. But don't put hand down to put ice on, the elevation is more important until the bleeding stops.
If the bleeding stops and the swelling stops and the discomfort is something you can function with you don't need to do anything further. BUT:
Now for the part you probably won't like. The problem with this type of injury is there is no where for the blood to go so the end of your finger gets swollen with blood and then more swollen with normal tissue swelling from an injury. If the swelling becomes too severe or if the pain becomes too much for you go to the ER or to an urgent care. What they will do is use a small drill and put a hole through the nail to release the pressure.
Now that you are done saying NO WAY, let me tell you that most of my patients report immediate pain relief once this is done. And a lot of them don't even really think it hurts much because with all the pressure they don't really feel it. As an observer of many of these procedures I would recommend not letting them numb the end of your finger to do this. No I am not a sadist, it is just that the numbing procedure will cause you more pain and take longer than the actual drilling.
You need to do this at the ER or Urgent care and not you doctors office because offices don't have a drill. Most of them will send you on to an ER if they have any compassion. Others will tell you they can do it just as well with a needle. While it is true pushing a needle through will accomplish the same thing it will hurt a lot more because of the force to push it through.
Now as a final solution if you are really brave, you can sterilize a needle with heat or alcohol and make a hole through the nail yourself. I only say this because my sons and brother worked in construction for years and have hit their fingers with hammers more times than I can count. They got tired of going to the ER so they started doing it themselves. I had the supplies and provided instruction but I couldn't bring myself to push it through myself.
Any way, if you make a hole in one way or another then you will need to keep the finger clean and covered for a few days to allow it to heal. Keep in mind no matter what you decide to do about making or not making a hole you might lose the fingernail at some point.
i dont know but reading that gave the the heebie jeebies..
LOL. use your other hand!
Put it on ice. That will reduce the swelling and the bleeding should stop on it's own soon.
Put a ton of neosporin on it and wrap it in a couple bandaids.
Just put ice on it and try to not to touch it to much. It should go away in about 3-4 days. It's no worry.
Clean the wound, and bandage it.
Wash with an antibiotic soap if you can. Use peroxide and maybe some Alcohol. Yes it will hurt :(
Let it dry.
Use an antibiotic ointment, or antiseptic ointment (or cream) and wrap it in a band aid, or a gauze pad and tape it. Don't wrap it so tight you cut off circulation, and don't wrap it too loose that stuff can get into it.
Wrap it and keep it clean. You may want to consider using some ice on it. But for no more then 10 minutes at a time.
Depending on the size and depth of the wound, you may want to get to a doctor. If it doesn't show ANY sign of improvement in a few days, you should probably consider getting to a doctor.
Feel better :)
Tree~
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