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I cut my finger with a knife it now has no feeling could i have cut a nerve?

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Dr. Walter Husar answered

Possibly: In cutting your finger, you either cut the nerve or the swelling has caused compression of the nerve is causing the numbness.

Answered 1/19/2014

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A member asked:

I cut my finger with a knife it now has no feeling could i have cut a nerve?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Walter Husar answered

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