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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. Geoffreysss Rutledgeee reviewed this
41 years experience
How long it usually lasts:
How common it is:
Baby 0-2 | Very common | ||||
Toddler 3-5 | 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 | ||||
Senior 60+ | Very common |
Symptoms
Related questions
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 43-year old asked:
How can i speed up the recovering of a finger injury?
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A 41-year old asked:
When should I seek medical attention for a finger injury?
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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 46-year old asked:
How long after a finger injury should I wait before buddy taping them?
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A 42-year old asked:
Would you wear splint for a finger injury?
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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 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 member asked:
Hello I had a finger injury (my pinky) & the pulp came off. Now it's healed after 5 weeks but red & tender..No nerve or bone damage.Will i be ok ? Numbness ? Thahk you for helping me
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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 46-year old asked:
What is done for a finger dislocation injury?
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A 40-year old asked:
Numbness in finger due to injury to nerve?
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A 28-year old asked:
Why should I exercise my finger after an injury?
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A 42-year old asked:
What could be the cause of a numb finger, without any injury? Something maybe happening to the nerve?
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A 45-year old asked:
What do these aching finger joint problems indicate? No past broken fingers or bad injuries.
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A 44-year old male asked:
Can a partial tear of the distal bicep tendon cause pain in my forearm, wrist and make my fingers cramp. My injury happened 3 weeks ago.?
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A 24-year old female asked:
No known injury but finger nail bed came up bruised and nail fell off, new nail grew through but is now bruised again for no reason, what is wrong?
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A 48-year old asked:
Spinal injury with finger numbness. How does that happen?
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A 45-year old asked:
What causes finger swelling, other than an injury?
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A 27-year old asked:
Why does your finger sometimes turn purple after a injury?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Why when the injury of my finger and blood came out a few immediately Charbaldoar I mean Aghib consciousness??? Thank you Dr. and wait for a reply
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A 19-year old male asked:
No feeling on tip of finger after 24h of being completely frozen from cold. Or, could be from injury which occurred 4 days ago. Break or frostbite?
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A 49-year old asked:
Could a rotator cuff injury lead to a tingling in your fingers?
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A 37-year old asked:
I smashed my middle finger in the car door. Should I go to the hospital to see if there's an injury?
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A 19-year old asked:
whats the best treatment for the middle finger that is bruised at the knuckle? its a basketball injury
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A 42-year old asked:
That kind of wrist injury can makes my index finger tingle?
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A 34-year old asked:
I hurt my finger at football, now it's numb above the injury. What could be wrong?
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A 21-year old male asked:
there is pain in my finger bone..what exercise or medicine should i take.......its an cricket ball injury?
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