Smashed My Finger In Garage Door

Any trauma or injury to your finger can lead to.

Smashed my finger in garage door.

Don t wrap a smashed finger. Dents or ripples up to the nail bed on ring finger. The door shut completely and i had to push it back up so they were in there for a few seconds. I smashed my right hand finger tips in a garage door.

If you ve ever caught your finger in a door or hit it with a hammer you ve probably experienced common symptoms of a smashed finger. Whether you hit it with a hammer or close a door on your finger it can be quite painful because there is a concentration of nerve receptors in the fingertips that allow for our sense of touch. My finger won t straighten out. Covering a finger injury is not a bad idea especially if you re still working but keep it loose.

This type of injuries can involve any one finger or more than one finger. Its not broken but it is painful to touch still very large and throbs. I smashed my finger 1 week ago in between garage door panels. This indicates that the tendon responsible for extending the finger is stretched out or torn.

You can get your finger smashed by a blow of a hammer or while shutting a car door or your house door or with the force of a base ball while playing. I have wrapped it in a warm towel soaked it in warm salt water and ripped off bottom of the fingernail to relieve pressure any thing else i could do or wait it out. My middle and ring finger were hurt the worst nails are now solid purple the knuckles on both fingers are twice the size big. We already struggle to get blood flowing to the tips of our fingers and toes on a good day.

If your finger is jammed or smashed and as a result no longer straightens out at the tip this is known as mallet finger or mallet fracture. A smashed finger is a common injury that typically occurs accidentally. Wrapping injured fingers and toes can lead to more damage when vital oxygen and nutrients can t get to the tips.