Is my pinky infected?!
Question: Is my pinky infected!?
Last saturday I fell down and landed with my hand face down on the wet cement and then my friend fell on top of me and made it worse!. I ripped my last three knuckles up pretty bad!. Like I skinned them!. Two of the cuts are healing pretty well but the biggest one is on my pinky and I`m wondering if its infected!. I`ve been putting ointment on them and keeping them covered with a bandaid at night but my pinky is kind of greenish looking and pink around it!. All of them are like that but my pinky is the worst!. What are the symptoms of infection!? I dont want to waste my time going to the dr!. if I dont have to!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Finger Infection Treatment
Self-Care at Home
Because finger infections have the potential to become severe, home care is limited!. A very minor paronychia may be managed at home if you have no other complicating medical illness, such as diabetes!. All of the other infections require urgent evaluation and treatment by a doctor!. Because delay in treatment may result in disability or loss of the finger, you should not hesitate to obtain medical care!.
A small, simple paronychia may respond to frequent warm water soaks and elevation of the hand!. However, if no improvement is noticed in 1
Self-Care at Home
Because finger infections have the potential to become severe, home care is limited!. A very minor paronychia may be managed at home if you have no other complicating medical illness, such as diabetes!. All of the other infections require urgent evaluation and treatment by a doctor!. Because delay in treatment may result in disability or loss of the finger, you should not hesitate to obtain medical care!.
A small, simple paronychia may respond to frequent warm water soaks and elevation of the hand!. However, if no improvement is noticed in 1
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