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Bashed finger 2 months ago - still lump where bruise was. What is it?

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flightattendant · 26/04/2007 19:54

I was putting up a fence post at 6 months preggers and managed cleverly to hit finger with a club hammer. Hard.
It swelled up straight away till I put peas on it, since then has left a lump under the skin that hurts if pressed or knocked.
Anyone know what it is or if it will go away? Been ages!

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Roskva · 27/04/2007 00:26

Is it possible you could have broken your finger? I managed to do just that years ago by shutting my finger in the car door , it was lumpy and hurt for over a year afterwards, and it is still noticeably bigger than the same finger on the other hand and hurts if I put pressure on it.

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flightattendant · 27/04/2007 06:55

Oh dear! Thankyou, well it had occurred to me but only briefly as I can still use the finger Ok, well perhaps I need to get it checked out then...did you know you'd broken yours straight away?

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NotQuiteCockney · 27/04/2007 07:09

It sounds like maybe you bruised the bone? I have a few bits like this. It does sort itself out.

I'm pretty sure that a broken finger would have been unusable when you broke it ...

Roskva · 27/04/2007 18:42

No, but when I went to the doc a few days later about something I explained about my finger, he looked at it and told me it was probably broken, but unless it was unbearably painful it was unnecessarily debilitating to splint it. I broke it by the top joint - if yours is further down, it might be different.

Roskva · 27/04/2007 18:42

No, but when I went to the doc a few days later about something I explained about my finger, he looked at it and told me it was probably broken, but unless it was unbearably painful it was unnecessarily debilitating to splint it. I broke it by the top joint - if yours is further down, it might be different.

hoolagirl · 27/04/2007 19:01

I got a 'bump' on my cheekbone and was left with a lump for months.
Went to the docs a couple of months after and he said that if the bones been damaged it overgrows to protect itself or something (sorry was a long time ago) and eventually it will correct itself.

JodieG1 · 27/04/2007 19:04

I whacked my little toe against the wall really hard on Christmas day (I was 37 weeks pregnant at the time) and it still hurts now. Wondered if I might have broken or fractured it and thought I probably had as it's still very painful when pressed even slightly.

Mum2FunkyDude · 27/04/2007 19:05

it is more than likely a bit of cartilage that grew over the area that was damaged. Not to worry unless you don't have full use of it I would say.

DrMarthaMcMoo · 27/04/2007 19:06

I got hit in the shin with a wooden surf board on holiday last May and I still have a bump under the skin if I press it. So a lump on the bone sounds plausible as my leg definitely wasn't broken Blardy hurt though...

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flightattendant · 27/04/2007 20:07

Thanks all - helpful stuff! I shan't worry too much then, it sounds like it could be just a botched repair job tbh it isn't too bad now, I can use it fine, just have to be careful not to knock it on anything - Roskva, it's actually the lower finger between knuckle and mid joint. So I prob. would have some trouble moving the upper bit I guess

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Roskva · 27/04/2007 23:00

Owwww! I knew there is a good reason why I don't do DIY

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