Smashed My Finger In Garage Door

Common causes include dropping an object on the finger hitting it.

Smashed my finger in garage door.

Don t wrap a smashed finger. I waited for three days but it is still blue. But most parents aren t quite sure exactly what medical attention if any is needed when fingers are smashed. It may take another 5 to 10 days for your finger to become normal.

The door shut completely and i had to push it back up so they were in there for a few seconds. A smashed finger is a common injury that occurs when a heavy object or an object with enough force behind it impacts the finger. January 22 2014 at 10 30 am. Covering a finger injury is not a bad idea especially if you re still working but keep it loose.

Its not broken but it is painful to touch still very large and throbs. Dents or ripples up to the nail bed on ring finger. We already struggle to get blood flowing to the tips of our fingers and toes on a good day. 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. Whether you hit it with a hammer or close a door on your finger it can be quite painful because there is a concentration of nerve receptors in the fingertips that allow for our sense of touch. This page will only discuss crush injuries not fingertip amputations. The blue discoloration is due to blood collection in the damaged tissue of your finger.

Wrapping injured fingers and toes can lead to more damage when vital oxygen and nutrients can t get to the tips. I smashed my finger 1 week ago in between garage door panels. My finger won t straighten out. My finger is smashed in my aunt s car door.

I smashed my right hand finger tips in a garage door. 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. Any trauma or injury to your finger can lead to. A smashed finger is a common injury that typically occurs accidentally.

My middle and ring finger were hurt the worst nails are now solid purple the knuckles on both fingers are twice the size big. This indicates that the tendon responsible for extending the finger is stretched out or torn.