AIBU - to ask if my son should go to minor injuries?

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cossette · 31/07/2025 10:52

20 year old son works in a concrete factory. Has just sent me this photo. He's says his thumb is swollen and throbbing. I'm just concerned about the blood pooling behind the nail and not sure if it might need lancing. He's done amateur MMA fights so is fairly tough so if he says it's painful it must be pretty sore.
Any advice would be appreciated...

AIBU - to ask if my son should go to minor injuries?

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TigerRag · 31/07/2025 11:02

8Daphne · 31/07/2025 11:01

Ice and elevate to help with the swelling, then make an appointment with his GPs practice nurse who may need to drain the blood from behind the nail. Not worth a long wait in A&E

Edited to add - Sorry, just realised you said Minor Injuries. Definitely the place to go if practice nurse not available

Edited

The OP said minor injuries and not A&E

8Daphne · 31/07/2025 11:01

Ice and elevate to help with the swelling, then make an appointment with his GPs practice nurse who may need to drain the blood from behind the nail. Not worth a long wait in A&E

Edited to add - Sorry, just realised you said Minor Injuries. Definitely the place to go if practice nurse not available

endofthelinefinally · 31/07/2025 10:56

There should be a first aider in the work place.

BeMellowAquaSquid · 31/07/2025 10:55

I’d send him. My cousin had what he thought was a splinter got infected and turned to sepsis.

endofthelinefinally · 31/07/2025 10:55

Has he done the ice and elevation first aid?

MissMoneyFairy · 31/07/2025 10:54

BakingMuffins · 31/07/2025 10:53

It’s a bruised nail. What do you expect them to do?

If it's bleeding underneath they can make a hole and drain thd blood

BakingMuffins · 31/07/2025 10:53

It’s a bruised nail. What do you expect them to do?

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