Title: Home Remedies: Just jammed your finger? – Mayo Clinic News Network
Headings: Home Remedies: Just jammed your finger?
Home Remedies: Just jammed your finger?
To treat a jammed finger:
To protect the finger during use:
Seek medical care if:
Children require medical care because damage to the growth plate of a finger bone can lead to long term deformity.
Try the P.R.I.C.E. approach for any strain or sprain — protect, rest, ice, compression, elevation.
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Content: Placing your finger in ice water works, too. Elevate your hand to reduce swelling. To protect the finger during use: Buddy tape the injured finer to an adjacent finger use a self-adhesive wrap to tape above and below the finer joint - for example, index finger to middle finger or ring finger to small finger. Seek medical care if: Your finger appears deformed. You cannot straighten your finger. The area becomes hot and inflamed and you develop a fever. Swelling and pain becomes significant or persistent. The finger becomes numb, and turns white or less pink.