my child came home from school crying that her finger hurts she had slammed in the bathroom door at school. She can't bend it there blood around the nail and its lightly black and blue on her pointer finger where the injury happen. I put ice on and gave her pain medication but she said it still hurt now what?
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Take her to the hospital
Lulu
Hi, first thing is first you should get a Popsicle stick (or pencil, pen, butter knife, what ever you can find) and make a split by putting it against her finger a wrapping it in gauze. You should keep applying Ice and give her pain meds (Tylenol is a good choice). I would give it about 3 days, making sure the swelling and pain stays under control. If it doesn't seem to be getting better take her to the doctor. With a finger injury it is not always necessary to run to the doctor unless she is loosing a lot of blood or in unbearable pain, if she is take her to the hospital ASAP. I hope all goes well for you two:)
Shadow
Her finger could have a possible fracture or break. The right thing to do would be taking her to the nearest hospital to get it x-ray.