Sometimes when our children are playing, their fingertips get pinched, either in the back of the door, in the door of a car, or between the back of a chair and the floor, if the chair falls over while they are standing on the back of it. Oftentimes, this leads to a problem where there is a cut of the finger, obvious to see.

Sometimes, however, there is simply a very large bruise underneath the nail leaving the parents unsure of what to do. The problem is that the bleeding under the nail, which produces the bruise, comes from a cut of the nail bed. The nail bed is the tissue which helps to produce the nail. In these cases, there may or may not be an associated fracture of the tip of the finger bone. Such a fracture is open to the environment and therefore has a high likelihood of becoming infected if not treated properly.

The physicians at M & M Orthopaedics can usually evaluate your child in the office, ascertaining the level of damage and often saving you a prolonged trip to the Emergency Room.