Is my finger broken?

Question

I had my finger jammed on Saturday. I heard it pop and was sore right away. However since then it is gradually getting worse. Not really swollen but it hurts all the way into the two fingers next to it and down my wrist. Don't want to go to the Doc if I don't need to.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

if it hurts that bad go to the doctor. better to get it checked out then to let it get worse

Answer 3

It sounds it. You need to go to the ER to get an x-ray thats the only way to tell for sure. They can help you and give you pain meds.  

Answer 4

I don't think your finger would break after being jammed. If you can bend it it probably is not broken. Jammed finger can really hurt for sometime.  When you jammed it you just didn't hurt the one finger you probably also injured, bruised or twisted the tendon. that is probably the source of al lot of the pain The pain may be from the tendon being inflamed. This will take time to heal. Most likely the popping sound was from your tendon. I would give it a a while to begin feeling better. Motrin  will help, it  is an anti- inflammatory

Answer 5

i dont think it is broken  cause if it was broken it would be really swollen and completely black and blue.

you might have torn a ligament. you really do need to go to the docs

Answer 6

sounds like you may have hurt one of the ligaments or probably a tendon wrap the finger up to keep it straight and see how that goes