Is my hand fractured or just bruised?

It is just bruised, but I would like to hear the story of how you fell off a futon.

I think you should get it looked at, when I was 11 a boy at school kicked me in my ankle and my mum believed it was just a bad bruise so she left me to walk on it for a month until I started to complain she then took me to a + e and had an x ray and when the results came back my mum said go on then tell me it's just badly bruised and the docs said no she has a bad chipped bone in her ankle, so please don't leave it. Get it looked at and if it isn't broken then that is a good things but when you injure that part of the hand it could be your scaphoid and that shows signs of it being sprained but really there could be a fracture xx

I believe that if your hand was fractured - you would KNOW it. It is more than likely a sprain or just bruised muscles. First try taking some pain meds (anti inflammatory) for a day. If it continues to swell and get extremely painful - it would be best for you to have it x-rayed. Good luck - I'm sure it hurts.

Your hand is swelling in response to the injury. You said it is not black or blue so it can not be a bruise so I would ice it for a for a few hours and if the swelling does not go down you should really see a doctor.

When you get a fracture, you can't move without feeling a lot of pain. I have the same thing u have right now but in my toes, and as u said, it hurts when u push hard against something but it's not a fracture.

You really don't need to go get an xray. Its a sprain. If it was fractured you'd have much more pain and you would not be able to move it. Just ice it. Get a bucket and put your hand in there. You'll be good in a day or two.

It doesn't sound like a fracture, you probably just pulled a muscle or a tendon in your hand. usually when someone breaks a bone they physcially can't bend or move the joint (I know because that's what happened when I fractured my elbow) so it should be fine :) maybe go to the doctor in a few days if it's not better, and see what they say.

The only way you can know for sure is to get yourself along to your local A & E Dept for a qualified nurse to take a look at it & if necessary refer you for an x-ray. It is worth getting it checked out as untreated fractures can lead to arthritis in later life & our hands are especially useful to us - notice how dehabilitated you feel now & imagine this were to last forever... best of luck!

Swollen is bad. if it was bruised it wouldn't be swollen, it would just hurt a lot. Go to the doctor it sounds to me like a fracture, because I've fractured my arms and legs before.And I've done a lot more injuries to myself....I'm clumsy.

It's just bruised, if you can use it fine with out no problem then you are definitely fine!

Just ice it up and elevate above your heart!

When you have iced it up for a while maybe after two days, and it's still getting bigger, go to the doctor!

Good Luck and I hope you get better!