How can I tell if I broke my pinkie finger?
What Are Some Common Symptoms of a Broken Finger?
- Your affected finger is bent into a strange or unnatural position.
- There’s excessive swelling in one localized area.
- There’s significant tenderness and bruising in one localized area.
- Your pain is exceptionally severe.
- You’re finding it difficult to move the affected finger.
Can doctors do anything for a broken pinky finger?
You can relieve pain from a finger fracture for a short time with ice and medication. But you’ll need to see a healthcare provider as soon as possible for an X-ray. Depending on the type and severity of the fracture, your provider may suggest a splint to stabilize your finger or surgery to repair the break.
Should I go to hospital for a broken little finger?
After an injury, if swelling and pain still limit the use of your fingers, or your fingers become numb, then you will want to seek medical attention. If your injury includes crushed tissue, laceration, exposed bone, you must go to the emergency room or seek medical care immediately.
Should I go to the ER for a broken pinky?
Because emergency rooms are better equipped to diagnose (through medical imaging technologies like x-rays and CT scans) and treat broken bones (with pain medication as well as setting and surgical procedures), going to an ER directly is the safer decision.
How do you wrap a broken pinky finger?
Steps
- If you have broken skin, clean the affected area using alcohol or antiseptic wipes.
- Dry your skin thoroughly and place the padding between your fingers or toes.
- Starting at the base, wrap the tape around the digits.
- Wrap the tape around two to three times.
What happens if you break a bone and don’t go to the doctor?
Delayed Union. When a bone fracture is untreated, it can result in either a nonunion or a delayed union. In the former case, the bone doesn’t heal at all, which means that it will remain broken. As a result, swelling, tenderness, and pain will continue to worsen over time.
How do you fix a broken finger at home?
How Is a Broken Finger Treated? Temporary splinting, ice, and pain control are helpful supportive treatments. Make a splint to immobilize your finger even if that means putting a popsicle stick or pen next to it and wrapping something around the stick and your finger. Don’t wrap so tight you cut off circulation.
How do you splint a pinky finger?
Find a stiff object for splinting the finger, such as a popsicle stick or tongue depressor. Locate some medical tape to secure the splint to the injured finger. Place the stick against the entire finger (especially across the sprained joint) and secure it with 2 to 3 strips of tape.
Will a broken finger heal itself?
The physicians at Barrington Orthopedic Specialists treat finger injuries on a regular basis, and many will heal on their own. However, it’s important to know the difference between pain from a temporary jam and a potential fracture that needs immediate medical attention, or even surgery.
Should you sleep with a splint on your finger?
Again, you must still sleep in your splint. If your occupation requires heavy bending and lifting with your fingers, you should continue to wear the tip protector at work.
How can I tell if I broke my pinky finger?
Avulsion Fracture: In this type of fracture,the ligament or the tendon pulls away from the bone it is attached to
Does a broken pinky finger ever fully heal?
It can injure the ligament and disconnect a small piece of bone in the joint, causing swelling, pain, bruising and loss of motion. With a few days of splinting and then buddy taping to mobilize the finger, these injuries usually heal quite well.Long term, the joint might be a little more ‘bulky’ than others.
What is the recovery time for a broken pinky finger?
try not to move the finger or thumb – it may help to tape it to the finger next to it
How do you know if your pinky finger is broken?
Check for pain and tenderness. The first sign of a fractured finger is pain.