Title: How to Treat a Jammed Finger: 8 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow
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How to Treat a Jammed Finger
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Laura Marusinec, MD
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Content: Consider placing some cotton gauze between the fingers to prevent skin blisters. If you don't have any medical tape, then masking tape, self-adherent wrap, electricians tape, a small Velcro wrap or rubber bandage may also suffice. To provide a little more support for your jammed finger, you can use a wooden or aluminum splint along with the tape. Aluminum splints can be custom fit and bent to accommodate most finger injuries. Part 2
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Consult with your family physician. If rest, immobilization, and other home remedies aren't effective for reducing the pain, swelling, or stiffness in your injured finger after a week, then make an appointment with your doctor. Instead of a jammed finger, you might have a small hairline or stress fracture in the long bones of your finger, or an avulsion fracture closer to the joint. Avulsion fractures occur when a sprained ligament tears a piece of bone from its attachment site. If your finger is broken, then your doctor will usually fasten a metal splint to it with instructions to keep it on for a few weeks.