What should I do if my finger is swollen by a ball?

The patient’s finger was swollen by the ball, according to the severity of the injury can often take different treatment methods: First, if the finger is only accompanied by local soft tissue damage, joint activity is still possible, at this time did not hurt the bones and ligaments, can be used to reduce the local ice compresses to reduce the local swelling, to take the blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis cream, infrared local irradiation physiotherapy, oral bruise pills, swollen pain, such as drugs, can improve the symptoms of finger swelling and pain! The majority of patients with finger swelling symptoms in about 1 week can gradually subside. Second, if the patient’s finger injury is serious with local fracture or ligament injury, finger swelling is obvious with severe pain, activity limitation, it is recommended that the patient as soon as possible to improve the local X-ray examination to clarify the severity of the fracture, as soon as possible, if necessary, surgical internal fixation, postoperative analgesia, anti-infection, edema and other treatments, so that faster relief of the symptoms of swelling of the finger.