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I was playing basketball and a kid threw the ball really hard at me and it happened to hit my pinkie & now its very swollen and it's very painful to move.
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Go to ER/your doctor: might need an xray and splinting, keep it immobilized, take any painkiller in the interim and apply ice or ice-pack
Answered 4/30/2016
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