How do you stop swelling in your thumb?

i was playing some hoops today and someone tried to steal the ball from me, he flung his hand and smacked my thumb, now it's swelling 2 times the size of my other thumb and is ...show more

I broke the sesamoid bone in my thumb 8 1/2 weeks ago. I had broken the bone in half. I had a cast for 3 weeks and got it off on February 28th. I had x-rays that day and they said it was still broken. They didn't give me another cast or anything. I had...

Ok I broke my thumb 7 1/2 weeks ago. I got my cast off a month ago. I had x-rays done and they said its still broken. They didnt give me another cast or anything. About three weeks ago I had x-rays again they said thar it was still broken. Well I think...

I was forced to pull off an acrylic (Fake) nail from my thumb nail (my real one) and it resulted in my real nail bed being ripped off in a corner near the edge of my cuticle. I've had it in band aids that I change when needed for a few days now but Its...

Hi, two fridays ago I was leaning back in a chair in chior. I then proceeded to try to stop myself and put my hand back to stop the impact. My thumb made a loud crack noise and it hurts really bad a the lower joint base. I think I should get an x-ray...

X ray report says soft tissue swelling seen. Dr. showed me a white cloudy thing near PIP joint of thumb and said that he doubt the soft bone is dislocated, its not at its place, x ray is unusual. Blood reports show deficiency of 25 hydroxy vitamin D...

My husband sucked his thumb when he was a child untill 8 years old, so did his sister and so did their mother. Our child started sucking her thumb when we took the dummy of her and continues to suck her thumb even though she is nealy 8. It's really difficult...

Earlier today, I was outside and some kids around me were playing soccer. One kid, I guess not having noticed how close I was, drop kicks the ball right at my hand. It way not sound very painful, but it was. I now have a very stiff and swollen thumb...