What causes pain and numbness in finger after an injury?
Patient: My daughter came down on her hand from a fall off her bed. She said she rolled over and off the bed. She has been complaining with pain ever since. She has been taken ibuprofen and had it in an ace bandage. She has been unable to use it. Today I took her to Dr. And for a xray. The xray was negative for a break. However tonite she is still hurting and now says her hand and all fingers but the pinky is numb and she can t feel them. Her pinky expecially hurts and her hand is swollen.. Doctor: Hello,Thankyou for your quiry.From the history it seems that she might have injured her radial nerve.Which supplies medial side of hand.But if she is having numbness in lateral side then it could be ulnar nerve.As nerves tend to be deep below the muscles and pass near to bones,so when ever there is strech or tendinous pull or fracture ,the nerves can be injured.My suggestion would be ,she may need physiotherapist and needs checked by a orthopaedic doctor for further discussion.Hopefully my answer will be helpfull.Regards,Dr.Maheshwari