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Finger injury
A common ailment that can range from minor cuts and scrapes to wounds with major damage to the bone, tendons, and ligaments of a finger.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
How long it usually lasts:
How common it is:
Baby 0-2 | Very common | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | Very common | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Very common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Very common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
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A 33-year old female asked:
Finger injury stiff and can't bend?
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A 33-year old asked:
How can I recover from finger injuries?
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A 48-year old asked:
What should I do to make a finger injury better fast?
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A 41-year old asked:
When should I seek medical attention for a finger injury?
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A 31-year old asked:
What is the best way to ease the pain in a toddler's finger injury?
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A 46-year old asked:
How long after a finger injury should I wait before buddy taping them?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Can my crushed finger injury from five years ago still not straighten and sometimes get stiff? Do I need surgery?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Hand and finger injuries?
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A 34-year old asked:
Hand and finger injuries is confirmed - what treatments are best?
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A 30-year old asked:
What could cause a mallet finger injury / bump on finger?
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A 46-year old asked:
Should I see a doctor about my finger injury? I am a pianist.
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A 44-year old asked:
Past finger injuries affecting guitar playing. Are there finger rehab exercises?
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A 46-year old asked:
How many jammed fingers or finger injuries visits occur annually to e.R.'s, from sports activities?
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A 26-year old female asked:
A month after finger injury am now getting a cold painful tingling feeling and when I bend it it feels like it's going to pop from pressure?
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A 36-year old female asked about a male:
Sm. finger injury 2+ yr ago, had closed reduction. Dr. recommends buddy tape to straighten finger. Can I use KT Tape to do this-no info on KT site.
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A 36-year old asked:
What are some treatment methods I can apply to a basketball-related index-finger injury?
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A 30-year old asked:
Why do finger injuries seem to hurt much more than other injuries? Foot injuries don't seem to hurt as much.
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A 23-year old female asked:
Can a finger injury that happened five years ago still cause the finger to be bent and not straightened anymore? My right ring finger is still bent at the middle knuckle?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I have an extremely old mallet finger injury that Ive had since +8 years now and recently for the past year, its been giving me some soreness and slight pain that is noticeable. Will surgery fix this issue? Is there other options?
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A 43-year old asked:
Will a finger injury (broken bone) ever heal itself?
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A 37-year old asked:
What are some treatments I can apply to a basketball index-finger injury? Do the pain-relief creams help?
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A 37-year old asked:
Should I see a doctor about my finger injury sprain, or just wait and see if the swelling shrinks by itself?
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A 39-year old asked:
Finger injuries prevention? Does wearing sports gloves help prevent sprains and jammed fingers?
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A 37-year old asked:
How can I speed up the recovering of wrist and/or finger injury? Does daily motrin or Advil (ibuprofen) help healing?
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A 43-year old asked:
What is the best way to help a toddler's finger injury and the pain from it? Just kids' tylenol (acetaminophen) or ibuprofen?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Had tendon repair surgery 11 days ago for zone 2 pinky finger injury. In splint & occupational therapy for next 6 weeks & stitches come out tomorrow. Finger still quite stiff feeling. Normal? How long before stiffness subsides & it loosens up?
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A 44-year old asked:
What do you think I should do about finger tendon injury?
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A 56-year old asked:
Ischemic finger from injury and turning gray what should I do?
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A 43-year old asked:
Pinky finger/knuckle injury. What kind of splinting is good to prevent it becoming crooked?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Hand swollen/painful 4 wks in between thumb and finger. no injury. swelling and pain are spreading and increasing. what could it be?
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