Trapped my finger in a car door

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Me being the noob that I am managed to slam the car door on my right index finger last night, which is horrendously awkward at work but anyway. The impact was right on the first joint behind my nail. The nail itself is still intact to the best of my knowledge (I decided for the first time in years I'd paint my nails and chose purple. Oh the irony) but the joint is very stiff and there is some bruising going down to the second joint. My whole finger feels really odd and sort of numb and tingly, especially around the injury but I think that's because of the pressure on the nerves because of the huge amount of swelling. It's about twice the size of my other index finger. My question is, even though it is very painful when I try and do something with it, when I test it's mobility it feels like it's mainly just swelling stopping it unless it's being wiggled from side to side. Based on that, do you think it would be worth taking it to A&E for an xray? It doesn't sound broken to me but I have been told that the swelling makes the pain more dull and you "shouldn't be fooled by an injured finger with a range of movement as it may still be broken". Anyone else foolish enough to fail to remove their hand before slamming a door that could shed some light on this?

Definitely get it checked out. Fingers are very fragile, delicate and useful! If it heals incorrectly you may never get full use of it again.

Quote:Me being thenoob that I am managed to slam the car door on my right index finger last night lol? pwned? but anyways sorry to hear about your injury, my suggestion would be to take anti inflammatory medicine, and see a doctor soon as u can. or whenver its most convenient

Thanks for the replies. I saw the nurse on my lunch break last week who told me to try "contrast bathing" but so far the results have been limited. I plan on going back to see a doctor on Friday and will probably get an x-ray done. Apart from being slightly less painful to touch and being able to type for a short while with it, I still have pretty much the same range of movement as last week

ooooh i did the same thing with my thumb, having children wasn't as painful as that i swear.....but i trapped mine on the nail and since it couldnt swell cos of the nail well OUCH!!!hope the X-ray shows nothing serious darlin, let us all know cuddles

Well my doctors are shit and told me to just massage the scar tissue since apparently that is what's stopping it moving properly because it's right on the joint.It's almost completely healed now but still feels bruised and a bit more swollen than the other one. Also, the past week or so I've had pins as needles in the last joint of my finger, just like I did at the beginning. I haven't done anything to hurt it again so why would it start tingling again? The doctors won't take me seriously anymore and don't seem to care so I don't particularly want to see them again. Is there something I can do at home now besides the obvious like taking analgesics?

I can beat that.
Once I got out of the car, went to shut the door and noticed my wallet laying on the seat, I leaned in to get it but the door was already in motion, and slammed the bastard on my head.
I did this in keeping with tradition as many years before I watched my dad do this as well. I do not recall what he reached in for, might well of been his wallet as well.

I often get my fingers stuck in some doors or something........last week accidentally hammered my little finger on the nailbed and first joint, while I was nailing down a board. Lost half my nail

I feel your pain girl.I have done that a few times in my life. although I was just a kid when I did it. I can imagin how much it hurt as an adult.I hope you didn't break anything

Well I have shut my finger in many doors and had it slammed by a bitch in a horse stall door….she hit my thumb with a hammer too. The slamming doors made it burse but nothing major. Like a few hours it was fine. When she hit my thumb with the hammer my thumb swelled some and hurt when I moved it but nothing was ever broken. What happened was it brused under the nail I think… tmy finger nail started turning blue and black and hten it fell off. It took forever before I grew a thumb nail back. I’ve broken two of my fingers too.. They never swelled. The long finger (the fuck u finger) hurt like hell! I only could move it in hot water. My parents knew it was broke. My pinky I could move. Hurt but I could move it. I remember my mom and dad arguing.. Mom wanted it x-rayed and dad kept saying it be fine. Mom was right… good thing she won the argument lol now i;ve had the car door shut on my leg.. i dk how many times.

Once I got out of the car, went to shut the door and noticed my wallet laying on the seat, I leaned in to get it but the door was already in motion, and slammed the bastard on my head.i've done that before kinda. i was in shannon's car and leaned out to dump a watered down drink and i guess the wind blew or somthing. i dk how or why but the door shut and hit my head. i was cussing! it hurt

Iv kicked doors shut on peoples legs Some asshole wants you to pull the car over, I do it instantly, try to be the first one out of the car and get to their car before they get out, they open that door, step one foot down and I kick the door as hard as I can on the leg thats on the ground, lots of times it breaks the leg, and even if not it fucks em up, they are all done fighting when its kicked shut on a shin.Its why two people in a car is no reason to not pull over when some assholes are running off at the mouth and think they can intimidate you.

Quote: running off at the mouth and think they can intimidate youi don't have any one being a ass. i have had a few pull up and want to race me or just look at me a nd smile... ok I’ll admit it, one time i let them think I’m going to race.. lol then i waved and laugh as they took off...... i only did that once tho. never know abut some one - they might turn around and try to kick my ass (good to know the door thing now lol) but I’m not going to race no one. my dad told me when i got my cobra that if i got one ticket he was taking it away... i like my car...it's not worth it. plus i'm scared of my dad! i just realized that Amy hurt her finger back in January... I’m assuming the finger is better now but I’m curious- was it broke or not?

Here's another good reason not to race.

When I was a kid and first got my GN I had everybody wanting to race me. We had some older guys buy us beer and he said he would only do it if I raced him. I got him to give us the beer first and got to the line with him. When we took of I threw it in reverse and did the Rockford Files turn around and took off. It was a damn good thing to, cause he lost control and went in the ditch on my side of the road like three seconds after take off. He would have went slide straight into me.... If you've got the sweetest car in town you don't need to race to prove it.

I'm still not sure. I think so. It still feels bruised and there's some nerve damage that's causing constant pins and needles. The doctors were so pathetic that I just gave up in the end. I'll sue when I have arthritis lol