Smashed Finger - Medical Advice

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volinbham

volinbham

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So I got my finger caught in the garage door.

There is some swelling and blood under the nail. Finger appears to be bloody underneath the skin.

It doesn't hurt - is generally numb but does hurt if I bump it on anything or put any pressure on it.

Web advice is to burn a small hole in the nail to relieve the pressure but says to do this only if it really hurts.

What say the Volnation?
 
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Take a needle, heat it up with a lighter, and drill through that nail to relieve the pressure where the blood is pooling. Although if its not throbbing or hurting too bad, you might just leave it alone and see what happens.
 
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Just be careful not to drill straight through your finger............................................................
 
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GreatWhiteNorth said:
Take a needle, heat it up with a lighter, and drill through that nail to relieve the pressure where the blood is pooling. Although if its not throbbing or hurting too bad, you might just leave it alone and see what happens.
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This is exactly my situation. When it's not touching anything it doesn't hurt. There's clearly swelling from blood in there though.
 
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What GWN said for the DIY'er. A doc would do similar, but with better tools than a pin and a Zippo.
 
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I have always heard that when you get blood under the nail to heat up a pin and relieve the pressure.
 
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if you don't do it, the nail will fall off for sure..
if you do relieve the pressure, you maynot lose the nail
 
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If for no other reason, relieving the pressure is really cool... blood usually squirts a couple of feet. Record it and post!
 
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PapaBurgundy said:
If for no other reason, relieving the pressure is really cool... blood usually squirts a couple of feet. Record it and post!
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Saw a guy smash his finger with a hammer and then relieved the pressure. It was amazing how far the blood flew. Never thought it would fly that far.
 
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Poking a hole in your own nail is harder than it seems.

Had a roller skating accident a few years ago when this little girl cut me off at my kids birthday party. I bad to jump up the step, then I tried the "hit and spin" technique trying to extend my arms to the upcoming bench, and spin into the seat smoothly. When I hit the bench, I hit it high and it violently smashed the wall and broke the bench, and smashed my fingers. Had to poke holes in 3 of them and it wasn't fun.
 
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It's not that bad. Plus, you can re-use the hole in the nail to relieve more pressure later if necessary.

I smashed the holy hell out of my finger changing a fuel pump in a Bronco once. The throbbing was so bad I had to do something, so I used the needle and lighter trick. You're not really drilling through the nail, because the needle is so hot (the end needs to be glowing) that it actually melts through the nail.

I actually lost that nail, but pain relief was my primary goal anyways.
 
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volinbham said:
So I got my finger caught in the garage door.

There is some swelling and blood under the nail. Finger appears to be bloody underneath the skin.

It doesn't hurt - is generally numb but does hurt if I bump it on anything or put any pressure on it.

Web advice is to burn a small hole in the nail to relieve the pressure but says to do this only if it really hurts.

What say the Volnation?
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You can pierce the nail but leaving it alone will end in the same result. The blood will dry under the nail. In a month or two the nail will start to crumble & the new nail will push it out of the way. It will probably take 6 months or a little longer for it to look normal again. Even after the old nail is completely gone it will look funky for awhile.
 
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