Saturday night, while hosting a dinner party, I noticed/felt my index finger on my right hand begin to swell. Fairly quickly. Not wanting to alarm anyone, I left the room, headed to the kitchen, grabbed an ice pack from the freezer, and wrapped it around my finger. I also saw it quickly bruise. Party went on, did the dishes, went to bed, forgot about it. Even when I got up, until I went to use the finger to help open the back door, it did not effect me. But, of boy, it was about 1.5 the size of my other index finger and definitely bruised, mostly on the right side, but also the underside. Fast forward to Tuesday night, still swollen, still bruised. Called doctor and have an appointment on Thursday, but wanted to see what your thoughts were? Obviously, I can still type well. Thank you. Lynn
HI and thank you for asking us on Chat Doctor! I understand your concerns. You may have hit or prickled your finger, and it may be infected. Do you remember anything like that? Another cause may be invasion of germs in any little open wound, skin damage, or under the nails. The nip of nails can cause infection sometimes. Some allergic thing may have been in contact with your finger and may have caused \"contact dermatitis\". Anyway to find out the real because you have to see the doctor and take the right cure. Take care and best wishes! Chat Doctor.