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why would you even go to the doctor for that unless you really think your finger is fractured? This is answered in the same sentence. Blood was pooling up unde
by sp332 7y ago
why would you even go to the doctor for that unless you really think your finger is fractured?
This is answered in the same sentence. Blood was pooling up under the fingernail and had to be drained.
- mdorazio 7y agoThat doesn't answer it at all. Why do you need to go to the doctor for something that basic? Do you also go to the doctor when you get a blister? A 30 second google search would tell you what to do if you didn't learn this as a child (is basic health stuff like this really not taught anymore?), and it doesn't require a doctor.
- cafard 7y agoStraighten out a paper clip, heat it with lighter or stove burner, melt a hole in the fingernail. A lot of runners with no medical training have done this.
- hotdogsgto 7y agoAnd you don't have to disinfect anything?
- DoreenMichele 7y agoHeating it should disinfect it. Growing up, my mother would sometimes heat a needle to disinfect it before using it to pierce and drain something, like a boil. She wanted to be a doctor at one time and delivered babies in her teens. She was quite knowledgeable about medical stuff.
- refurb 7y agoRed hot metal disinfects itself!
- sp332 7y agoYeah so if I didn't know that, I would go to a doctor. It's exactly the kind of thing where a YouTube search could make the difference between needing a doctor or not.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoThis kind of somewhat flippant-sounding advice is really, really heavily dependent upon the general background knowledge of the individual. Some people can run with it and be fine and some really can't.
- Jamwinner 7y agoYou would be supprised what people can learn quickly to alieve their pain. I nearly passed out when it was explained to me by a family member who was a doctor, but within a few seconds the pain ironed my resolve. The relief was immediate, as was the tiny, if momentary, fountain of blood.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoI wouldn't be surprised actually. I've done a lot of "home remedy" type stuff. I know from first-hand experience that discussing it online is a space with a lot of pitfalls. It's difficult to gauge the level of background knowledge of your audience and challenging to provide enough warnings to make it safe and useful while not insulting anyone's intelligence when different people in the audience will have vastly different levels of background knowledge pertinent to the problem space.
- hanniabu 7y agoI had no idea you could "melt" a fingernail