Smashed My Finger In Garage Door

My middle and ring finger were hurt the worst nails are now solid purple the knuckles on both fingers are twice the size big.

Smashed my finger in garage door.

My finger is smashed in my aunt s car door. Its not broken but it is painful to touch still very large and throbs. Common causes include dropping an object on the finger hitting it. It may take another 5 to 10 days for your finger to become normal.

My finger won t straighten out. Most parents are familiar with the ear piercing scream of a child who has closed a finger in a door smashed it under a brick banged it with a hammer or slammed it beneath a skateboard. There are many kinds of fingertip injuries from crushed fingertips hit with a hammer smashed in the car door and other things that are just too painful to think about to cuts all the way to various levels of amputation. If you ve ever caught your finger in a door or hit it with a hammer you ve probably experienced common symptoms of a smashed finger.

This page will only discuss crush injuries not fingertip amputations. The hematoma may take time to. I smashed my finger 1 week ago in between garage door panels. I waited for three days but it is still blue.

If your finger is jammed or smashed and as a result no longer straightens out at the tip this is known as mallet finger or mallet fracture. I have wrapped it in a warm towel soaked it in warm salt water and ripped off bottom of the fingernail to relieve pressure any thing else i could do or wait it out. We already struggle to get blood flowing to the tips of our fingers and toes on a good day. This indicates that the tendon responsible for extending the finger is stretched out or torn.

But most parents aren t quite sure exactly what medical attention if any is needed when fingers are smashed. A smashed finger is a common injury that typically occurs accidentally. A smashed finger is a common injury that occurs when a heavy object or an object with enough force behind it impacts the finger. Wrapping injured fingers and toes can lead to more damage when vital oxygen and nutrients can t get to the tips.

Covering a finger injury is not a bad idea especially if you re still working but keep it loose. The blue discoloration is due to blood collection in the damaged tissue of your finger. Don t wrap a smashed finger. The door shut completely and i had to push it back up so they were in there for a few seconds.

January 22 2014 at 10 30 am. I smashed my right hand finger tips in a garage door.