Fingers are very important parts of our body. We use them to do a lot many things like eating, writing, holding etc. Injury to the fingers will make it difficult for us to move them easily and will make us unable to do our daily work smoothly. As fingers are the most used part of body, they are tending to get injuries easily. There are finger injuries, which do not require immediate medical aid, but there are some serious injuries like finger fractures and dislocation which need to be taken proper care of. If you suffer from a fracture in your finger then you should immediately seek medical aid in order to avoid pain and worse condition.
Finger fracture is one of the most common finger injuries and it has different severity levels. Mild fracture can be treated without a surgical treatment while for serious cases, surgery becomes important. If you injure your finger, you should immediately identify and diagnose your injury to avail proper treatment and prevent situation from becoming more serious and complicate. Injuries to the thumb is also very common than the injuries to the other fingers. Injury to the thumb is generally known as Skier’s thumb.
Falling on an outstretched thumb, you may injure it and if you are holding something with your thumb during the fall then there is a possibility of getting serious thumb injuries. One of the most common causes of this injury is falling when skiing holding a ski pole. Skier’s thumb is an injury in which the ulnar collateral ligament of the metacarpo-phalangeal joint is torn. Chronic stretching of the ligament can also be the cause of its injury. Once injured, the thumb will be swollen and bruised is also very painful. People with this problem often complain that they find it difficult to pinch or hold something with their thumb.
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