I was helping a friend pick up a pool table when all the sudden my middle finger is filled with a sharp pain, it has been like this for the past 2 hours. I can move it just fine but the slightest pressure causes me to cringe in pain. What the hell is wrong with it? Did I pull something in my finger when I was picking up the pool table? Should I go to the emergency room or is this just a minor injury?
2006-12-21 18:51:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
If you can move it through full range and it is still strong when bending (even if painful), than you have not ruptured or avulsed a tendon, in which case the ER wouldn't do anything for you accept tell you to ice it and give you meds. If on the other hand, your movement is severely limited and the finger is considerably weak and painful when you apply resistance to bending, or if you feel any obvious bumps along the palm under the finger or in the palm side of the finger, better go see an MD. Walk in clinics will be able to manage this problem well enough. Leave the ER for the really serious emergencies.
2006-12-22 00:51:12 · answer #1 · answered by FZO 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could of broken you finger, if you can not move it. Sometimes a person can get it in the right place where it will brake. Yes i would go to the ER and have them check it out, cause if it is broken they can put it back into place now, instead of haveing to rebrake it, to set it. Then again, it might jus tbe a minor injury. But to be on the safe side, go to the ER.
2006-12-22 02:56:30 · answer #2 · answered by Ladyofathousandfaces 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definantly seems like a minor injury. You probably just pinched a nerve in your middle finger I've done the same thing but in my pinkie finger.
2006-12-22 02:54:25 · answer #3 · answered by sand_illusions 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try to put some ice and take some over the counter medicine go to CVS the pharmacist might be able to let you know if you got to go to the emergency room or stay at home.
2006-12-22 03:22:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hahah. its like when you bit both you Pinky fingers and pull on them. try it, rapp your pinkys around eachother after you bit them on the nail for 10sec. it hurts like sh*t. I think its very Minor. Enjoy playin Pool
2006-12-22 02:57:07 · answer #5 · answered by devsmash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on how painful it is and if it is swollen.
Hopefully you jammed your finger and it will heal. Use Ice now.
2006-12-22 02:53:49 · answer #6 · answered by Tenn Gal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i did that shoveling today...my whole left hand is jacked up.....try to put ice on it....and then take it off.....and do that on and off for the next few hours....if it is still bugging you by tomorrow....go to a doctor...not the er.....just a doctor....hope you feel btr seewtie!
2006-12-22 03:33:10 · answer #7 · answered by ♥♣♠Dragon Dust♠♣♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋