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Suggest Treatment For Bruising And Swelling Of Little Finger After Injury
well i stub my pinky a couple weeks ago and first it started to bruised up i put some orthames to decrease the bruise and couple of weeks later the bruised went down but my pinky started to swell. Is it an infection, do i have to chop my pinky, what kind of ortaments do i uses
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
Infection of present will need treatment with antibiotics and local application alone won't help. Sometimes infection spread to tendon sheath in which case it will need to be drained out. Don't mess with your pinky, consult a doctor soon.
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