ANY DOCTOR HERE?? Swollen hand?!


Question: ANY DOCTOR HERE!?!? Swollen hand!?
I don't know what happened, but my right hand is swelling!.
It started to swell probably about five days ago and hasnt gone away!.
I'm not sure what caused this but that morning I had a small cut in my finger!. I thought i'd just leave it since it's very small (it was a clean wound btw, not from any kind of sharps or dirty objects)!. Anyways, when I did my morning stretching, a lot of blood just came out of it (probably the stretching sort of pumped the blood out of the wound)!. The next day my hand started to swell and till today it's still not getting any better!.
I'm thinking of seeing a doctor but just thought maybe I should wait a lil longer till it recovers by itself!. But does anyone have any idea what causes such thing!? Could it be a blood cloth!?
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Answers:
It could be an abscess (infected expanding pocket of ooze)!. I would get it checked out rather urgently!. Depending on where it is on your hand (and that it truly is infected), it has a chance to get into the tendon sheaths and there it can find some refuge from your immune system while continuing to eat away at your tendons!. This becomes a plastic surgery emergency at this point, with the intent of saving the long-term function of your hand!. This is all not even mentioning the chances of getting a blood infection from this!.

While it may be nothing at all, this is the type of thing to not play around with!. It could realistically cost you the long-term usage of your hand!.

Cheers
John

PS: that means go now to see a doctor, don't pass go, don't collect $200!. The chance of such an infection should outweigh the cost of the doctor visit!.

Go now!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Dip it in ice water for 3 hours, the tie a tight string around ur wrist and cut it off!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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