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Help my finger is swollen
Topic Started: May 26 2008, 06:02 PM (2,986 Views)
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Around the nail area, it is a bit green and the top right is really swollen, it goes off to the side. What is this? Someone told me it is the nail that got caught on the side or something. What is it?
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If my finger looked like the picture Kenny posted, I'd be soaking it in warm water and Epsom salts for about 15 minutes several times a day. But that's just me. You might want to go see an MD.

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It's an infection from writing too many checks. Stop doing that, and go see a doctor.
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May 26 2008, 10:37 PM
It's an infection from writing too many checks. Stop doing that, and go see a doctor.

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I get this once in a while but on the side of the nail, not near the base.
It has always cleared up without seeing a doctor.

Here's how it goes for me.

Day 1, start to feel mild pain.
Day 3 or so, pain peaks and there is a small amount of local swelling and redness of surround tissue - much less than in this pic.
Day 4 or 5, green or yellow pus is visible under skin. - I may or may not drain it using sterilized needle.
Then I keep it very clean and dry and protected by fresh band aid for 2 or 3 days.

I'm not saying to not see a Dr. and I don't know if yours is same as mine.

I probably get them because I wash my hands often and do not like putting on lotion so I guess the skin around my nails is more dry than usual.
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I get them too like Kenny does, but nowhere near as bad as that pic. Maybe twice a year. I may drain them, but when I do I soak it in peroxide to kill the bacteria.
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Lance that muthah!



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Oooh, that's nasty.. I've never had anything like that..

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Pull it out and actually do what you've been talking about for months.
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bach, Larry, Sarah.

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Bad case of stinkfinger from Little Mary Rottencrotch? :no:

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May 27 2008, 12:59 PM
bach, Larry, Sarah.

:tsktsk:

Sorry. :whome: It's probably just a hangnail. The manicular equivalent of manflu.

Seriously though, if it's green it's probably not very healthy.
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Frank posting gross pictures is unacceptable. :tsktsk:

I'd never do that.
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I think I get something like that now and again, and I just peel the green part off. Sounds gross, and I guess it kind of hurts, but there's something of an entertainment factor when I finally succeed in getting it off.

I'm somewhat used to picking at my nails anyway, though; my mom did it when she was a kid, so I guess it's her fault I do it, too! :rolleyes:
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May 27 2008, 11:41 AM
I think I get something like that now and again, and I just peel the green part off. Sounds gross, and I guess it kind of hurts, but there's something of an entertainment factor when I finally succeed in getting it off.

I'm somewhat used to picking at my nails anyway, though; my mom did it when she was a kid, so I guess it's her fault I do it, too! :rolleyes:

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I've had to do that a couple of times to messed up toenails.

Just took a pair of pliers and ripped that sumbitch right out.

Definitely a "getting to know yourself" kind of a moment. :lol:
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That's disgusting, thanks Aqua! I'll take this moment to state that I have beautiful toes and have never pliered them.
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May 27 2008, 09:05 AM
That's disgusting, thanks Aqua! I'll take this moment to state that I have beautiful toes and have never pliered them.

Year-round soccer playin's + skiing = big trouble for knees and toenails. If the nail gets warped or split, well... you're better off in the long run if you just scrap what's left. :thumb:
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Euuuw... Actually once I stubbed my little toe so badly that after a while the entire toenail came off.. There was a tiny soft new one underneath - luckily, because I was expecting a gaping flesh hole. Gross.
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May 27 2008, 01:25 PM
Euuuw... Actually once I stubbed my little toe so badly that after a while the entire toenail came off.. There was a tiny soft new one underneath - luckily, because I was expecting a gaping flesh hole. Gross.

A similar thing happened to me; I had a yeast infection on one of my big toes when I was a senior in high school. My entire toenail turned dark green for a few months, and then I woke up one morning and the entire nail was just hanging there by a thread. So I pulled it off (didn't hurt, because it was 99% hanging off already), and a soft new nail was there underneath.
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