Injuries - July 2006

I cut my thumb a month ago - on the palm side directly inbetween where it leaves my hand and the middle thumb joint. In the ER they examined it and said the tendon appeared intact and strenght was good - i was given five stitches and sent home. A month later I am still only able to bend my thumb about 45 degrees, and the space where it was injured is really puffy. My thumb just seems bigger than the other. It doesn't flex when i relax my hand.

I'm just wondering how long it is going to take for my thumb to return to normal? And if I should wait, or see a specialist about it now (which i'm trying to avoid). Advice from medical professionals would be appreciated. Thanks.

2006-07-17 04:34:38 · 4 answers · asked by cowpievt 1

My brother said to flex my foot, but that kinda makes it worse, and my sister said to take a hot bath, but its summer, so... Do you have any suggestions?

2006-07-17 04:08:31 · 4 answers · asked by pseudonym 5

I got 3 stitches in my head yesterday, above my right eye. something fell off a shelf in garage and hit me. it keeps bleeding off and on. not bad but steady. seeping thru bandaid.

2006-07-17 03:17:21 · 6 answers · asked by Ginnykitty 7

I live in Egypt. My 3 year old son just had an ear bleeding yesterday. I brought him to the doctor and he advice me not to use cotton bud as he said they already band from using cotton buds in America.

Is it true? If it is true, then how should we clean the ear wax?
I used to clean his ears with cotton buds everyday and I think yesterday I might have push it a little bit hard. But thank god it did not touch his ear drum. It just the outer part.

2006-07-17 03:11:55 · 10 answers · asked by Aysha 1

2006-07-17 02:28:53 · 13 answers · asked by jo* 6

2006-07-17 01:38:18 · 2 answers · asked by CoolJoker 2

I probally should see a doc about this but i thought id ask if anyone else on here has had simlar pain....it started as a burning sensation on the back of my left ankle, and has left me with a dull ache, not all the time but when i get up in the morning and stand on it, it hurts...or if ive been lying down for a while then stand up it hurts. Sometimes when i go to bed i get the burning sensation again, its only on my left ankel at the back and it comes and goes......any ideas on what this could be?

2006-07-16 22:40:09 · 6 answers · asked by Spacysam 2

I'm having minor surgery tomorrow. Does anyone have any recommendations for scare treatments to minimize scares? Mederma hasn't done much for me in the past.

2006-07-16 22:18:26 · 7 answers · asked by Terror 1

it hasnt gone down and my toe looks purple any suggestions?

2006-07-16 21:13:22 · 7 answers · asked by night_2006 2

2006-07-16 20:46:36 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-16 20:31:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-16 19:40:17 · 6 answers · asked by torylocker 2

Me and my friends were being dumbasses and sprayed ourselves with some gum removal stuff and it has left a couple of burns with pus-bubbles, for lack of a better word, on them

2006-07-16 17:26:25 · 10 answers · asked by godofladies 1

An occupational doctor seems hopeful but I doubt it very much.

2006-07-16 15:57:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

should i be worried? it's taking some time to heal. i bruised it 3 weeks ago playing soccer....swelling, pain, infection. couldn't walk for a few days, and i got scared....getting in to amputation sites. i'm healing, then about 10 days ago i developed this prickly sensation.

2006-07-16 14:37:32 · 2 answers · asked by gurrrly 3

I seriously just got stung by a bee. That jerk got into my swimming trunks and stung me in the butt and the leg about three times. It hurts like heck.

What can I do to relieve pain? What helps to heal it?

2006-07-16 12:30:03 · 11 answers · asked by James F 2

Serious question.

2006-07-16 12:07:44 · 15 answers · asked by Federico 4

Recently I tore one of two pectoral tendons. I have one very experienced surgeon recommending surgery for re-attachment and another veryexperienced and qualified sports surgeon saying he would not do surgery if it was his condition. He recommends three weeks of physical therapy and then re-consideration of surgery. He says the physical appearance should change little from the way it is today - it is not too observable difference from the other side, and he foresees no greater than 10 percent loss of strength at max.

Has anyone had experience with this, using surgery and also going without it? What kind of results?

Thanks.

2006-07-16 11:44:36 · 1 answers · asked by fylmctr 1

2006-07-16 11:04:36 · 8 answers · asked by ? 1

Movement causes the most pain. It doesn't hurt if I don't move it. The bicep and the top of my forearm are the most painful. I can't grab anything. I went to bed fine and woke up with the pain. Advil has done nothing for it even though it feels muscular. Maybe I've pinched a nerve while sleeping?

2006-07-16 08:31:59 · 19 answers · asked by Shanana 1

i was told this would be isotoncially working the hip and isometrically working the knee, but what does this really mean? this exercise is being performed for an ACL repair.

2006-07-16 05:39:06 · 2 answers · asked by PT student 1

2006-07-16 04:29:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-16 03:09:35 · 6 answers · asked by valerie C 1

2006-07-16 01:36:55 · 11 answers · asked by wilkatie 2

Well For the last few weeks I have getting bite up while I sleep..It isn't bed bugs, or spiders. I have been working alot in my lawn but as soon as I walk in the door I take a quick shower to wash off. Now is it possibe I could be bringing Chiggers in to my home? Can they be bitting me and my husband while we sleep. They Bites are huge and itchy. They can take up to a week to heel and they are leaving ugly scars. Is there any home remedies I can made do to stop the itch and heel the bite so it won't leave a scar? I have been getting my bites on my back, stomach, under my breasts, and on my waist line. I am going nuts with the itch nothing over the counter is helping me. I am suffering with these bites...I also seen a doctor and what I was given didn't help...

2006-07-16 01:05:44 · 17 answers · asked by Stunna 25 2

I had an open compound fracture of the tibia & fibula on 12/10/05. I had surgery to install plate/screws. On 06/15/06 I had the plate/screws removed because of infection. I'm on various antibiotics. I still can't walk without crutches. If I leave my leg down for even a short time it swells. I use ice packs for the swelling. I'm miserable, haven't worked since 12/10/05, going broke. Help! This injury is just above my left ankle, The cut is just up from my ankle bone on the big toe side of my leg and extends upward 7-8" up my leg kind of in an "S" shape. The wound itself is puckered around the old incision. When swelling does occur, the whole area looks like it's going to explode. The color is from natural skin color until you get to the injury itself, the it's darker, kind of purple looking. It looks terrible. Looks like knots could be on the inside. If there are any professionals out there that can help, please do. I need to go back to work. . . . Paul

2006-07-16 00:51:05 · 9 answers · asked by Bubba2003 1

2006-07-16 00:10:00 · 9 answers · asked by ? 1

2006-07-15 19:32:11 · 5 answers · asked by Wendy H 1

I burnt my two fingers on a hot-plate really bad and I have had it under cold water for like almost two hours and now it's in a bucket of water next to me and it kills. I tried to take them out and put vaseline but the pain was unbearable so I had to put them back under water really quick. What else can I do? I cant do this all night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-07-15 17:58:58 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-15 16:13:10 · 4 answers · asked by noNAMEneeded!!! 1