# Need answer fast- -not a joke - hurt myself **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 29, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717 "2011-07-29T08:25:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/1 "2011-07-29T08:25:20Z")
15 years ago I hit my finger w/ a hammer - big bump, had it for years. I cut that finger just now very badly - big yellow mass stiching out, fell off. I stopped the blod. I thinkk I’m OK - do I need to go to the hospital? Sorry can’t type. Am I OK? or go to ER? ---
**Author:** ![zhlf210](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c4cdca/32.png) [@zhlf210](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zhlf210)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/2 "2011-07-29T08:35:54Z")
If you’re in any kind of doubt - and you do seem to be - you should go see a doctor to make sure. It’s not worth taking risks with your health! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/3 "2011-07-29T08:44:05Z")
OK-I’m going to ER - seems silly for a finger but I guess bettter to b Safe - sorry typing w/ 1 hand ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/4 "2011-07-29T08:53:29Z")
Confused:confused: You cut your finger where you had a long term bump from hitting it years ago, and this big yellow mass that was the bump fell off/out where the cut happened? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/5 "2011-07-29T09:04:29Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Confused:confused: > > You cut your finger where you had a long term bump from hitting it years ago, and this big yellow mass that was the bump fell off/out where the cut happened? Yes, I had the bump for years after hitting w/ a hmmer. I cut it today and the big yellow mass popped out - freaked me out so I saked here. I’m sitting in the ER now ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/6 "2011-07-29T10:44:02Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Yes, I had the bump for years after hitting w/ a hmmer. > I cut it today and the big yellow mass popped out - freaked me out so I saked here. I’m sitting in the ER now IANAD I’m guessing that what came out was a sub-cutaneous cyst. 😕 Hope everything turns out to be ok. Please, let us know what the results are. (I’m really curious to know, as I have a similar bump.) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/7 "2011-07-29T10:46:24Z")
Sounds like a sebaceous cyst had developed there and the new injury dislodged it. > **[Sebaceous cyst](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebaceous_cyst)** > > A sebaceous cyst is a term commonly used to refer to either: > Both of the above types of cysts contain keratin, not sebum, and neither originates from sebaceous glands. Epidermoid cysts originate in the epidermis and pilar cysts originate from hair follicles. Technically speaking, then, they are not sebaceous cysts. "True" sebaceous cysts, which originate from sebaceous glands and which contain sebum, are relatively rare and are known as steatocystoma simplex or, if multiple, as steatocystoma mu... I probably wouldn’t have bothered with the ER visit if it just came out and that was it, but you also say you cut your thumb pretty bad so you may need stictches? ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/8 "2011-07-29T12:15:25Z")
Just googled “subcutaneous cyst” to see what they look like… . . . . . Why do I do this to myself? Whyyyyyyyyy? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/9 "2011-07-29T15:44:24Z")
So **zoid** , are you out of ER? What happened? **nikonikosuru** , it’s seldom a good idea to GIS medical conditions not your own. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/10 "2011-07-29T15:47:05Z")
> [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](#): > > So **zoid** , are you out of ER? Its only been 7 hours ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/11 "2011-07-29T16:02:14Z")
> [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](#): > > **nikonikosuru** , it’s seldom a good idea to GIS medical conditions not your own. Seldom a good idea to GIS your own medical conditions either. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/12 "2011-07-29T18:38:46Z")
> [@Fubaya](#): > > Its only been 7 hours Hah! I spent _10 hours_ there last Friday night with my husband! Four hours before being seen. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/13 "2011-07-29T18:44:40Z")
I sure hope she keeps that thing. I’d bet its pan fryable. And somebody should be able to keep it down for 20 minutes at least once. But I’d have to see the thing from orbit to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/14 "2011-07-29T18:54:58Z")
Good ol’ ganglions. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/15 "2011-07-29T19:13:21Z")
My husband has one of those cyst-y things in his temple from taking a baseball there a couple of years ago. It’s squishy - you can press it and compress it. But not for long, and not too often, because he gets cranky. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/16 "2011-07-29T19:14:59Z")
> [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](#): > > **nikonikosuru** , it’s seldom a good idea to GIS medical conditions not your own. > [@leahcim](#): > > Seldom a good idea to GIS your own medical conditions either. GIS? Whazzat mean? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/17 "2011-07-29T19:20:51Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > GIS? Whazzat mean? From context, I’d presume google image search. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/18 "2011-07-29T19:21:50Z")
Google Image Search. You can select “Images” at the top of the Google page and you’ll only get back pictures as a result of your search. Turn off safesearch for extra porn fun. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/19 "2011-07-29T19:32:02Z")
> [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](#): > > So **zoid** , are you out of ER? What happened? > **nikonikosuru** , it’s seldom a good idea to GIS medical conditions not your own. In my line of work (construction safety), I get to see gross stuff first hand all the time – no need to google anything; just wait until someone walks into my office with blood shooting out of an arterial bleed asking, “Is this bad?” I have two of my gall stones in a jar at home. They’re cool, especially the one the size and shape of a large black olive. 😃 > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > My husband has one of those cyst-y things in his temple from taking a baseball there a couple of years ago. It’s squishy - you can press it and compress it. But not for long, and not too often, because he gets cranky. Stop poking me!!! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717/20 "2011-07-29T20:09:49Z")
Looks like about 12 hours now. That’s long even by ER standards. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-not-a-joke-hurt-myself/590717.md?page=2)