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insurgent — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:25 PM)

I was cutting an avocado when my hand slipped and I stabbed myself in the palm - between my index and middle finger, no on the fingers themselves but about 1/2 inch down the palm. It wasn't a big cut but it was deep and tiny white chunks were coming out of it for a few days
It took forever to heal up but I did it with butterfly closures. Now my middle finger hurts all the time, is swollen, I can't bend it as easily (it barely bends back at all) and I have lost a lot of grip strength in that hand. What did I do to myself?
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/.​ — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:27 PM)

Cut a tendon.
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insurgent — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:29 PM)

Yeahhh I'm suspecting that. I figured it would hurt a lot more to do it (it didn't hurt at all in the moment but that finger hurts now and my palm hurts when I stretch my fingers out)

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/.​ — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:31 PM)

Muscle and tendons take longer to heal.
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/.​ — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:31 PM)

She wouldn't be able to move her finger at all if she had sliced through her tendon
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/.​ — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:36 PM)

People knick tendons all the time.
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/.​ — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:36 PM)

My ex accidently chopped his own finger off at work and had it stitched back on but okay.
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insurgent — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:36 PM)

Ohhh ok. What if I nicked it?

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/.​ — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:38 PM)

Do you feel or see it moving about in your hand when you move your finger? I feel like if you nicked it you would be able to see where
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/.​ — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:30 PM)

Take some ibuprofen and see if that helps. Maybe something inside is still healing and it's causing swelling. Sounds like you maybe cut out a chunk of fatty tissue or maybe hit near a bone
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insurgent — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:35 PM)

That makes more sense!

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The◇Mechanic — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:32 PM)

Is it warm and throbbing feeling?
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The◇Mechanic — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:35 PM)

Your finger that is
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insurgent — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:37 PM)

Nope! Just really tight

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The◇Mechanic — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:38 PM)

I hope it’s not infection.
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insurgent — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:42 PM)

Wouldn't I have more symptoms besides pain though? Like fever etc

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The◇Mechanic — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:43 PM)

Not always ,it could still be localized. Is there any redness in the area of your finger or palm?
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insurgent — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:50 PM)

Interesting! I can't see any redness (maybe very lightly on the scar itself) but I didn't even know infection could be localized

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/.​ — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 08:13 PM)

They usually start localized, but spread from there. What people think of systemic infections may just be multiple infection sites contemporaneously.
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/.​ — 1 year ago(August 13, 2024 07:38 PM)

Sounds like a fracture if it feels tight
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