# Ouch! My finger! Sprain or worse? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 13, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-my-finger-sprain-or-worse/299195 "2005-04-13T22:28:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mr.meman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@mr.meman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.meman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-my-finger-sprain-or-worse/299195/1 "2005-04-13T22:28:38Z")
Today, I was playing football, when one of the times, I get the occasional jam. Except it’s worse. I’ve sprained my finger before playing football (my ring finger), but now I have injured my index finger. This feels different. It still hurts in the joint, but when I try and bend it it feels tight and painful. When I try and straighten it, it feels like someone jabbed me with a knife through my joints on my hand. It also somewhat hurts my middle and ring finger, but that could just the connection of the same nerve or something. I hope it is just a sprain. Hopefully not something worse. What could it possibly be, as a heads up? I plan to go to the doctor soon. ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-my-finger-sprain-or-worse/299195/2 "2005-04-13T22:42:02Z")
It sounds like a problem with your colon. Get it checked out asap. ---
**Author:** ![mr.meman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@mr.meman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.meman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-my-finger-sprain-or-worse/299195/3 "2005-04-13T22:47:15Z")
Um, we are talkin my finger pal… ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-my-finger-sprain-or-worse/299195/4 "2005-04-13T22:51:09Z")
Oh sorry. Can you place your finger on the x so that I can see it better? x ---
**Author:** ![mr.meman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@mr.meman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.meman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-my-finger-sprain-or-worse/299195/5 "2005-04-13T22:57:24Z")
Ok, can someone serious answer my question? ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-my-finger-sprain-or-worse/299195/6 "2005-04-13T23:05:38Z")
What range of answers do you expect to get? We cannot see your finger. From experience I can tell you the following: 1. Is it bent somewhere that it is not supposed to bend? Probably broken. 2. Is it bent in a usual place but at an unusual angle? Probably dislocated. 3. Has the bone protruded through the skin? That is a compound fracture. 4. Does it look nomal but hurt like heck? Coud be any of the above, but not a compound fracture. 5. Does it smell like poopoo? It could be your colon after all… ---
**Author:** ![mr.meman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@mr.meman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.meman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-my-finger-sprain-or-worse/299195/7 "2005-04-14T00:15:19Z")
Extreme swelling, hurts like hell. I don’t know if it is dislocated or sprained though.