Have you ever broken your thumb?!


Question: My boyfriend threw a temper tantrum and punched the wall, now his thumb is swollen and bruised. It has been swollen for 3 days now, it hurts for him to move it and all along the bottom it is deeply bruised. Nothing seems to be taking the swelling down and it doesn't seem to be getting any better. Do you think it may be broken or just jammed? If it is a broken thumb, is it absolutely mandatory that he go to the doctor? Is there anything he can do to ease the swelling, other than an ice pack, or the pain? If it was just jammed would it still be swollen or would the swelling have gone down by now?


Answers: My boyfriend threw a temper tantrum and punched the wall, now his thumb is swollen and bruised. It has been swollen for 3 days now, it hurts for him to move it and all along the bottom it is deeply bruised. Nothing seems to be taking the swelling down and it doesn't seem to be getting any better. Do you think it may be broken or just jammed? If it is a broken thumb, is it absolutely mandatory that he go to the doctor? Is there anything he can do to ease the swelling, other than an ice pack, or the pain? If it was just jammed would it still be swollen or would the swelling have gone down by now?

I've broken my hand and fractured two fingers in a fist fight when I was 16. I couldn't move my hand for a week and I refused to go to the doctor. Over a week later I went to the doctor and he had to re break my hand in order to put a cast on it. I would tell your boyfriend to go to the doctor asap.

go to the doctor and get xrays and see if its broken

I stand by my previous statement. doctor and a blunt anytime angered go giants





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