Could my finger be worse then it looks?!


Question: i was cutting fabric at work on Friday (Feb. 15th) and i was stupid. after all the years of being told don't cut towards yourself. i did and the rotary cutter ended up cutting my finger. it bled for like 5 or 10 mins i guess. maybe less. didn't need stitches thank god. when i got home i washed what ever bleed i could off and poured peroxide on it a few times. before i put the new band aid on it. (i'm so not pain tolerant and i wanted to protect my finger from hitting everything and causing pain.) i noticed the blade from the cutter went over and marked the top of my nail too. and this morning i noticed the mark on the nail has red underneath it. well if i put enough pressure on the nail it hurts. and of course the cut itself would hurt from pressure. the cut hurt longer then it bled on Friday. i'm wearing a band aid now cause i'm working again. and i use my hands more at work then i do at home. i'm wondering do i have a problem with my finger? even though it might not seem like it?


Answers: i was cutting fabric at work on Friday (Feb. 15th) and i was stupid. after all the years of being told don't cut towards yourself. i did and the rotary cutter ended up cutting my finger. it bled for like 5 or 10 mins i guess. maybe less. didn't need stitches thank god. when i got home i washed what ever bleed i could off and poured peroxide on it a few times. before i put the new band aid on it. (i'm so not pain tolerant and i wanted to protect my finger from hitting everything and causing pain.) i noticed the blade from the cutter went over and marked the top of my nail too. and this morning i noticed the mark on the nail has red underneath it. well if i put enough pressure on the nail it hurts. and of course the cut itself would hurt from pressure. the cut hurt longer then it bled on Friday. i'm wearing a band aid now cause i'm working again. and i use my hands more at work then i do at home. i'm wondering do i have a problem with my finger? even though it might not seem like it?

Nasty, Nasty cut!
When you cut into the quick under your nail, it hurts like a sonofabitch. The quick (the skin under the nail) is always protected, unless we break into it.
You're probably ok, but keep the wound clean and covered during work. At home, let it air out, but beware letting raw foods into the wound.

Now you know where the saying "cut to the quick" came from!

could be!

I don't know. And you know y? Cause your text is so big that I can't read it. People start typing less in here.
Good luck anyway and sorry for the outbreak.

See a doctor.

Seek medical help dont ask on here!!!...x

anything can be worse than it looks, especially injuries. some guy my mom knew got a cut on his finger and he went to the doctors and said it could get infected and to do something about it and he went naw im fine, few weeks later hes on his death bed with a bad infection. no joke. dont ignore injuries, even minor ones because major problems can come of it. here in the USA you can easily buy antibacterial wipes, creams, etc and so on that you cant in lots of countries (aka 3rd world countries) and because we have simple access to such things we're fine but all over the world (including first world countries if someone ignores basic first aid) people die of things like cuts etc for ignoring them and not cleaning etc

If your questioning it go to the doctor before you have more problems

Heh you've cut your finger and it hurts? Sorry not sure what the problem is. I can reassure you that not much can go wrong there apart from if you were still bleeding which i assume you arent (very unlikely anyway). It's common for the finger to feel numb after an injury so unless the numbness is below the level of the wound then you have nothing to worry about.

Keep the wound clean and protected, it'll be ok.

Something like that happened to me. but yours is worse. is it getting better? trying to heal itself? if not then it is best to go to a doctor. You just don't want to let it get infected. So if by tomorrow nothing is better, i would seek medical help. Cant hurt to get it checked out. GOOD LUCK

you might need to go to the doctor about that because it could easily get infected under a nail. And I would also be careful not to get it dirty.

Sounds like you are at the worst of it now so give it a couple of days and you will see healing. Now stop playing with you injury and put some neonsporen on it and cover with bandaid.

no, its just its cut deeply.. that happened to me but not hte same way.. i had a razor... and i did that to my foot... its ok, just dont pick on it.

yes you could of hit the bone or a nerve . you need to go to a doctor and get it xrayed to make sure there is no more damage.

Yes, injuries can look worse than they are. I would however strongly advise you to see doctor. You may have an infection, and it could spread and become very dangerous. If you can't make it to a doctor any time soon, make sure you are using an antibiotic ointment like neosporen. Hydrogen peroxide is not a good alternative for medical expertise, or antibiotics.
good luck

Doesn't sound too bad to me, but you would know best.

Your finger is doing fine. I would be concerned if it has redness, swelling and exudate coming out of it that would indicate an infection, but if it is clean, keep changing the band-aid daily after washing it with peroxide and it will be fine and hopefully heal sooner than you expect.





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