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Is There A Chance Of Broken Fingers If Its Swollen And Bruise?

Hello, I am curious about a bruise my son sustained while he was paintballing the other day. He got a direct hit to his finger and it has swelled and bruised but there is a blantant white centre where he was hit. The pain is worse now (48 hours later) than the day of the accident. Could it be broken?
Mon, 26 May 2014
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Hi,
The answer is that definitely an x ray needs to be taken to rule out fracture. There wil definitely be soft tissue injury ( be it ligament / tendon ) .IF the injury was to tip of the finger when the finger was extended , even rupture of tendon causing a mallet finger is a possibility.

but x ray has no alternative in this case.
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Is There A Chance Of Broken Fingers If Its Swollen And Bruise?

Hi, The answer is that definitely an x ray needs to be taken to rule out fracture. There wil definitely be soft tissue injury ( be it ligament / tendon ) .IF the injury was to tip of the finger when the finger was extended , even rupture of tendon causing a mallet finger is a possibility. but x ray has no alternative in this case.