Jim Caudill
Stainless
- Joined
- Nov 3, 2002
- Location
- Dayton, Oh
About a week ago I had occassion to allow my left forefinger (pointer for you with kids) become trapped between a brake caliper and wheel while checking for a bad wheel bearing. It was sort of like sticking your finger in a Kurt vise and closing it up til the jaws were about 1/4" apart. Naturally, there was some tearing and flesh removal along the side of the nail. A week later and the wound itself is healing OK, with no evidence of infection. However, today I noticed the very back of the nail is loose and it appears as though there remains about 1/2 of the nail that is still vital and attached. The vital 1/2 would appear to run diagonally from the lower "right rear" to the "left front".
Do I keep a band-aid over the entire nail, trying to keep it from becoming a free-floating appendage waiting to catch on something; or do I see about having it removed by an MD?
Do I keep a band-aid over the entire nail, trying to keep it from becoming a free-floating appendage waiting to catch on something; or do I see about having it removed by an MD?