Any A&E nurses here? Dh has gashed his finger across the finger nail.

[Berrie]

The neighbours have persuaded him to let them take him to hospital as he is in a lot of pain and it's still bleeding.
What will they do? They reckon the nail can be stitched.

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I'm not a medic, but DH mangled the tops of his fingers about a month ago. They removed the nails that were very badly damaged. One was sort of pieced back together again, but the damage was to the nail itself, not the finger underneath it.

The hospital might glue it

(not a nurse, though)

Hope he's OK BTW.

Thanks Don't know how damaged the finger is underneath...

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They will remove the nail if they need to assess/stitch a deeper cut under the nail.

Poor him sounds sore.

Thanks...he just rang...they are going to stitch it.

He'll be sorted in no time. DH cut down one inch through the top of his thumb, and made a pretty good mess of the fingers on his hand to. Had to be sorted out under general. We were surprised at how quickly he healed.

Ooo ow!

I know. Really gross. Result of being an utter idiot too, so also had the embarassment of confessing how it happened to the many HCPs involved.

Yeah dh was being stupid too.

They are going to remove the nail and repair the nail bed underneath and do and x ray .

Are they doing it tonight?

Yes...no idea when he'll get back...or how come to think of it.

Well, that's good. DH was sent home with his forked thumb and wasn't fixed until the next evening.

Can he get a taxi?

He'll have to. the neighbour sat in while I nipped up to the cashpoint for him.

Hope it all went well Berrie.