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Premium Questions

Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel MD

I cut my knuckle with a knife on my ring finger on April 16, the knuckle is now still a little red but it's very swollen on the top of the knuckle and is becoming more painful. I had an... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Rakhi Tayal MD

I bruised the knuckle of the finger next to the pinky. This occurred as I tried (successfully) to prevent a fall. The knuckle is slightly swollen and is mildly painful. Today I purchased... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rakhi Tayal ( OBGYN)
Dr. Chobufo Ditah MD

I am attaching a copy of my xray where I broke a piece of bone off of my knuckle or maybe I broke my knuckle? What ever I did it hurt like crazy and still does. I have a high tolerance to pain too ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chobufo Ditah ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Praveen Tayal MD

knuckle joint hurts to touch, the underside of my hand hurts to touch by both my pointer finger and pinky finger. I am having an x-ray scheduled soon but thought I'd check to see if there is an... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Aashish Raghu MD

hopefully you can get to the x ray i sent you. At first the doc thought my knuckle was broken now .... Anyway it as been one week ago today hat I hit my knuckle and it is no better. The pain at... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Aashish Raghu ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)

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Dr.  Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

I punched a drunk dude that spat at me at the bar and my pinky knuckle instantly hurt. The next two days it was swollen and a hint of purple started to show on the knuckle. Is it serious? Do i... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Michelle Gibson James MD

Hello I Broke my pinky Five weeks ago. The knuckle was cracked but the doctor had not seen it on the x-ray til I had returned to remove the cast two weeks later and had another... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Michelle Gibson James ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Abhijeet Sangade MD

Hi I got into a fight and injured my right middle knuckle. It was swollen and sore for about a week and a half. It now really has no irritable pain, however the knuckle is still swollen with... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Abhijeet Sangade ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Riyanka Chail MD

knucle were swollen, the swelling on my pinky went down but my knuckle is still swollen. Movement having to do with my pinky hurt a lot. What may be wrong with my knuckle, is it... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Riyanka Chail ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Dr. Nupur K MD

swelled. X ray shower showed no breaks. Swelling went down after 7-10 days. Now it’s swollen on the index knuckle at the hand and between the index knuckle and middle finger... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dr. Nupur K ( General & Family Physician)