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Causes
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Treatment
Prevention
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What is an X-Ray
These show injuries when hurt any bone of the body and are highly recommened when you hurt your hand or nail
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What are the most common symptoms of a nail injury?
Nail bruising, cut through the nail, an uneasy pain, bleeding, and /or discoloration.
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What should you do if your injury is bleeding?
Apply pressure with a clean cloth. If bleeding doesn't stop after 10 minutes of direct pressure then go to the emergency room or urgent for immediate help.
100
■Keeping your nails clean and dry will prevent what from collecting under the nail?
What is bacteria
200
What is a hematoma known as what?
small and simple smashes to the finger can cause a painful collection of blood
200
What causes these symptoms?
Crushing, smashing, slicing, or tearing of the nail.
200
How should you clean the injury?
If the nail tears, use clean scissors to cut off rough edges to prevent harsher damage. Clean the injured nail area with soap and warm water. Apply antibiotic ointment and a bandaid.
200
Tight shoes can cause...
What is ingrown toenails
300
The 3 most common ways of hurting a nail is smashing it, stubbing it, or what?
Cutting or slicing it.
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Is a headache a possible symptom of a nail injury?
No
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How should you treat the symptoms?
For swelling add ice and a bandage. Take an ibuprofen if you are feeling any pain at all. If the injury is misshaped, constantly bleeding, looks deep or long enough to need stitches, Oddly colored or a bruise under the nail covers more than a quarter of the nail or the nail is completely torn off or partially cut off then seek medical attention at an emergency room or urgent care.
300
You can transfer infectious organisms between your fingers and mouth by doing what?
What is nail biting
400
if severly cut your nail or injure your nail, and you don't know how to fix it, the best thing to do is
go to the hospital.
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Can tight fitting shoes cause a nail injury?
Yes.
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What should you do once healing is almost complete
Swelling should go away after a week, but the nail won't grow back for months.If there is a fracture or if tissue under the nail needs repair then a health care provider may remove the nail to make the repair. The health care provider may make a hole in the nail to drain blood.
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■When toenails are thick and difficult to cut, you should...
What is soak in warm salt water
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it takes 3-6 months for your fingernail to grow from what to the tip of your finger?
What is your cuticle?
500
If most of your nail is gone, do you have to take the rest out?
Maybe. Depending on how deep the injury is.
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What is the last step before prevention?
Go to the doctor go for one last check up to make sure that the wound isn't infected, and that you have been cleaning it properly. Check to see if bandaging is still neasasary and how long it should be until it is completely healed.
500
Instead of trying to self-treat ingrown toenails, especially when infected, you should see a what?
What is a dermatologist