What happens if you damage your nail bed?

What happens if you damage your nail bed?

Injury outlook Many injuries to your nail bed can be fully repaired. For example, your nail should return to normal after a subungual hematoma is drained. However, some severe injuries can lead to a deformed nail. This is more likely when the base of your nail bed is injured.

What causes a nail to be pulled away from the finger?

Nail bed avulsion. A nail bed avulsion is when your nail and part of your nail bed are pulled away from the rest of your finger. It commonly happens to your ring finger and is caused by your finger getting stuck or jammed in something.

What happens when the tip of your finger is jammed?

This type of blunt impact may cause a jammed finger, a condition that happens when the tip of the finger is pushed back toward the hand. The momentum from the impact’s force can stretch or even tear the ligaments in your finger, which causes a sprain.

What does it mean when your finger is stuck in a nail bed?

A nail bed avulsion is when your nail and part of your nail bed are pulled away from the rest of your finger. It commonly happens to your ring finger and is caused by your finger getting stuck or jammed in something. Nail bed avulsions are very painful and cause your finger to swell.

What causes a jammed finger when you close a drawer?

Or, as you go to close a drawer, you accidentally jam your finger against its edge. This type of blunt impact may cause a jammed finger, a condition that happens when the tip of the finger is pushed back toward the hand.

Nail bed avulsion. A nail bed avulsion is when your nail and part of your nail bed are pulled away from the rest of your finger. It commonly happens to your ring finger and is caused by your finger getting stuck or jammed in something.

A nail bed avulsion is when your nail and part of your nail bed are pulled away from the rest of your finger. It commonly happens to your ring finger and is caused by your finger getting stuck or jammed in something. Nail bed avulsions are very painful and cause your finger to swell.

This type of blunt impact may cause a jammed finger, a condition that happens when the tip of the finger is pushed back toward the hand. The momentum from the impact’s force can stretch or even tear the ligaments in your finger, which causes a sprain.

When does a cut under a fingernail occur?

A nail injury occurs when any part of your nail becomes injured. This includes the nail, nail bed (skin underneath the nail), cuticle (base of the nail), and the skin around the sides of the nail. An injury occurs when the nail is cut, torn, smashed, or bruised, or the nail is torn away from the skin.