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Is Warmth And Slight Swelling Part Of The Healing Process After Cutting Finger?

I sliced off part of the pad of a finger tip four days ago. It bled for three hours (which I know really cleaned it out) and once it stopped I put Neosporin on a Bandaid, keeping it dry and clean and changing the dressing twice a day. It has begun to heal very nicely, however, yesterday it started to swell a little and is a little warm. It is not very tender or painful, no red streaking, no pus, etc. I am wondering if the warmth and slight swelling are part of the healing process.
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Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic

Newly developed warmth and swelling could be a sign of a developing infection of the wound. In such a case I would recommend an empirical course of an oral antibiotic for a week OR 10 days (My choice of oral antibiotic would have been Amoxycillin 500mg in combination with clavulanic acid 125 mg, thrice daily, for a week OR Cephalexin 500ng thrice daily OR Cefadroxil 500mg twice daily, for a week).

This would take care of the infection.

An OTC antibacterial cream/ointment e.g 2% mupirocin can be applied twice daily.

An OTC pain killer e.g ibuprofen once or twice daily would help you deal with the pain.

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Is Warmth And Slight Swelling Part Of The Healing Process After Cutting Finger?

Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic Newly developed warmth and swelling could be a sign of a developing infection of the wound. In such a case I would recommend an empirical course of an oral antibiotic for a week OR 10 days (My choice of oral antibiotic would have been Amoxycillin 500mg in combination with clavulanic acid 125 mg, thrice daily, for a week OR Cephalexin 500ng thrice daily OR Cefadroxil 500mg twice daily, for a week). This would take care of the infection. An OTC antibacterial cream/ointment e.g 2% mupirocin can be applied twice daily. An OTC pain killer e.g ibuprofen once or twice daily would help you deal with the pain. regards