What can you do for a smashed thumb

What can you do for a smashed thumb

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If there is no nail bed injury or infection, a simple cold compress will relieve the pain of the smashed thumb. If there is infection or pressure, see a doctor and he will drill a hole in the nail to remove the pus and blood. ChaCha on!

How to heal a smashed thumb?

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Chicken oil? What the hell is that? Your best bet, as long as its not broken, is to use ice to keep the swelling down and keep from bumping it. Use a pain reliever like Advil and keep it elevated. Otherwise you basically just have to live…

How to Treat a Smashed Thumb, Finger or Toe

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How to Relieve the Pressure Under a Fingernail or Toenail Have you ever smashed your thumb with a hammer? Ever dropped something heavy on your big toe? Whoa! That’s some serious pain! Often what happens, when you smash a finger or toe, is…

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Smashed thumb = nerve damage?

Q: I smashed my thumb bad over a month ago. (No blood, no broken bone, no purple nail falling off though.) The initial smashing pain didn’t go away for over a week, and now I’m still suffering. The pain is different now though–it’s now traveling up my thumb and towards my wrist. Could I have caused nerve damage? If so, can a doctor do anything for this or is there something I can do to help the pain eventually leave? It hurts when I try to squeeze a bottle, sew, use my computer mouse or just about anything that requires thumb movement. Anyone else have a similar experience, and if so, what helped you?

A: There is a good chance you did nerve damage. There is also a chance you did some bone damage so I would go to a doctor and have them x ray it, and send you to a neurologist.

I smashed my thumb in my car door, please help!?

Q: I smashed my thumb in my car door Thursday at 4pm and it immediately turned blackish purple under my nail and swelled up. It’s now 4pm Friday and it still hurts a lot. What can I do to stop the pain? And how long is it going to hurt for? I’ve read about sticking a pin into the nail to relieve the pressure but I’m NOT going to do that. I also don’t have insurance to go the doctor. Any help is appreciated, thank you!

A: You can take an NSAID like Advil for the pain just do not exceed the 24 dose limit. The nail will very likely fall off but a new nail will grow in. If that happens, just try to keep the nail bed clean. It can take months to heal completely (I’m talking like 6 months). It will not hurt that long however. What has happened is that the smashing broke a whole lot of blood vessels in your thumb. That is why the swelling occurs and why the blackish purple color. What causes healing is growth factors in your blood but since many of the blood vessels are smashed it can take quite a while for those factors to signal your tissues that they need to heal themselves.Anyway, after it stops hurting quite so much, you can apply heat to speed the re-adsorbtion of the blood that has leaked out. For future reference, when you do something like that: Ice for the first 24 hours then heat. The ice slows the bleeding. After 24 hours, all the blood that will leak out already has so then it is time to re-absorb the blood that has leaked out. It also helps if you get the damaged tissue over your heart level so the blood has to travel up to get to the damaged area and leak out.BTW, a soak in epsom salts will help. I recently had this happen to my right big toe nail and it helped alot.

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A: Those are hilarious!And they probably work to!I am soo trying them(especially the mose trap one -LOL)Keep up the good work!Have a nice day!