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I cut my finger yesterday cutting up vegetables and its throbbing and hurts so bad i cant sleep. i put bacitacin and a bandage on it but it still hurt?

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Dr. David Lipkin answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

See a physician: It's a bit unusual for a cut to be hurting that much the next day. To be on the safe side I would have a physician evaluate the wound to be sure there is no infection and to check tendon function if it's a deep wound

Dr Ali and another doctor agreed

Answered 3/12/2015

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