HELP! My nail is cracked and theres blood everywhere?!


Question: yesterday my friend threw a basketball at me and it hit my long nail on my thumb that i stupidly did not cut. needless to say it broke and there was blood everywhere. i washed it and covered it up quickly but today it looks worse. i took off the bandage, theres a crack halfway (so the part that got hit wont fall off or anything) and theres blood in the crack. theres also lots of blood under my nail. what do i do to make it better? i dont wanna get an infection or have my nail look weird from now on...


Answers: yesterday my friend threw a basketball at me and it hit my long nail on my thumb that i stupidly did not cut. needless to say it broke and there was blood everywhere. i washed it and covered it up quickly but today it looks worse. i took off the bandage, theres a crack halfway (so the part that got hit wont fall off or anything) and theres blood in the crack. theres also lots of blood under my nail. what do i do to make it better? i dont wanna get an infection or have my nail look weird from now on...

It is just going to take time to heal. The best thing you can do it make sure that you wash your hands several times a day and don't stick your finger in your mouth (there is a lot of bacteria in there).
Also don't stick your hands in any dirt or do any gardening (lots of bacteria in soil too).
Keep your hands clean and put a bandaid on it to hide it.

The blood will dry up and go away in time.
The nail will either fall off or be pushed out as a new nail in grows in. It won't look weird forever, but it may look bad for a little while until the new nail grows it.

Keep it clean and hide it with a bandaid until it heals.

First try a liquid band-aid it will sting a whoel lot at first but it will releive. Thne tape it up with medical tape if none i tihnk electric tape will work. Your goign to ahe to call a doctor one way or another. If you dont you may get seriously ill or even worse...

go to the doctor. if you don't wanna do that, put alcohol on your fingernail. that will help to clean the wound. other than that, i'm not sure.

i would put neosporin and cover it up with a new band-aid then make an appointment soon to have a it checked up by a doctor. your finger could turn black and blue and it could swell. (if it already didnt)

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Go to the doctor. If it gets infected you could lose your finger. Don't be an idiot. Go to the doctor!!!

If you are an idiot. just leave it alone. I'm sure it will heal on its own

idk about the blood but
wash w/ soap
put poroxide on it
neosporin (first aid cream)
ABOUT THE NAIL... my stepmom told me this & it really works!
take a teabag
rip/cut open
dump out tea stuff stuff
take a piece that will cover the crack
nail glue it on
once it dries file it down & no one will notice!
hope it helps!!!:)
BTW IT HELPS B/C THE TEA BAG MESHES WITH YOUR NAIL & FORMS A TEMP. NAIL!

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