I fumbled a catch of a football on Christmas day and hurt my little finger; it was quite sore. Over the following weeks/months I could use it fine, for grasping and typing, etc, but it still hurt - a 'sore bruise' pain - if I curled it up. I pretty much forgot about it after a week or two, it only hurt if I consciously curled it up.
It *slowly* got better, but even now, 3.5 months later, it (a) is a little sore when I curl it up, (b) the lower joint looks inflamed and much thicker than my other finger, and (c) I can't straighten it; it's permanently crooked.
I finally got an X-ray last week. The doctor reckons the bone suffered some sort of fracture, and healed crooked; it'll never be straight again. :-( Hopefully the soreness will eventually go away. Had I had it examined shortly after the accident I guess it could have been put in a splint and heal properly. As it was it looks like it healed in the normally-curved posture that one's fingers normally adopt. So you might want to have it looked at. FYI.
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It *slowly* got better, but even now, 3.5 months later, it (a) is a little sore when I curl it up, (b) the lower joint looks inflamed and much thicker than my other finger, and (c) I can't straighten it; it's permanently crooked.
I finally got an X-ray last week. The doctor reckons the bone suffered some sort of fracture, and healed crooked; it'll never be straight again. :-( Hopefully the soreness will eventually go away. Had I had it examined shortly after the accident I guess it could have been put in a splint and heal properly. As it was it looks like it healed in the normally-curved posture that one's fingers normally adopt. So you might want to have it looked at. FYI.