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Mallet finger injury
Good morning sir/Madam, while I was playing cricket then I am trying to catch the cricket ball, it hits the fingertip then finger has redness and swelling after few month's no pain but the droop at the tip , kindly suggest.
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It is due to injury to the extensor tendon.
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Keep the finger in extension in a Cot splint.
If the finger is not getting straight, start physiotherapy to regain the range of motion.
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It's chronic mallet finger.
Try mallet finger splint for few weeks depending upon the time passed.
See an Orthopaedician
Get x rays
Surgery will be last resort and that is for straightening the finger
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Use ice pack now . Did u get the X-ray done
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