Something IN my thumb...

[Legend83]

There is something small and dark under the skin of the pad on my thumb. There is no entry mark and I don't remember anything penetrating it.

If I rub my finger over the area there is a distinct bump and it feels hard under the skin - it also hurts if I push to hard.

It's not agony, rather uncomfortable and being right where I use the thump to pick stuff up or do anything with my hands, it is being bashed regularly.

Any ideas?!

[Slink]

tetse fly larva ??

[Mobile Chicane]

Try not being such a pouffe and dig it out with a pin / scalpel blade?

[Mobsta]

Slink said:

tetse fly larva ??

Nibble the end off. If it is a larva, at least it wont go to waste.

[PoleDriver]

Don't worry, it'll come out when it's grown!

[MrB1obby]

Just reminded me of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJP8XTzpOCw

[BenM77]

Mobile Chicane said:

Try not being such a pouffe and dig it out with a pin / scalpel blade?

+1

There is a certain satisfaction from digging out a splinter. get on with it

[Happy82]

Force a hole with tweezers, grab it and rip it out.

[BlackVanDyke]

Surely it'll just be a tiddly splinter? Soak thumb in warm water for a bit to soften skin and then have a dig with a needle. It'll likely work its own way out eventually but that's nowhere near as satisfying as a bit of DIY minor surgery...

[omgus]

BlackVanDyke said:

Surely it'll just be a tiddly splinter? Soak thumb in warm water for a bit to soften skin and then have a dig with a needle. It'll likely work its own way out eventually but that's nowhere near as satisfying as a bit of DIY minor surgery...

This, soak hand, needle, remove.


The upside is not only will you have removed it, but you can also tell people you have performed surgery on yourself.

[juan king]

BenM77 said:

Mobile Chicane said:

Try not being such a pouffe and dig it out with a pin / scalpel blade?

+1

There is a certain satisfaction from digging out a splinter. get on with it

This! it also helps to get it all dirty/oily, then find a rusty old stanley blade to do the digging

[Galsia]

Legend83 said:

There is something small and dark under the skin of the pad on my thumb. There is no entry mark and I don't remember anything penetrating it.

If I rub my finger over the area there is a distinct bump and it feels hard under the skin - it also hurts if I push to hard.

It's not agony, rather uncomfortable and being right where I use the thump to pick stuff up or do anything with my hands, it is being bashed regularly.

Any ideas?!

Is it wrong that I actually envy you at the moment? Picking at things is so satisfying. It must be my inner primate.

[Legend83]

at you all.

Going to man up and get a rusty saw to it.

[extraT]

Legend83 said:

at you all.

Going to man up and get a rusty saw to it.

And once you have cut your cock off, don't forget your thumb!

[Megaflow]

Get a needle and get digging. I got something in my foot once, got a needle and started digging. It turned out to be a verruca, that bleed a little bit...

[davepoth]

I once got a needle stuck under my kneecap. That felt quite odd.

[The_Doc]

OP, I'm on call tomorrow, bring your thumb with you and I'll make your problems go away

http://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0801/afp20010801p455-...

[Munter]

Megaflow said:

Get a needle and get digging. I got something in my foot once, got a needle and started digging. It turned out to be a verruca, that bleed a little bit...

Odd you should say that. What the OP describes sounds like the start of what I had in a finger, which was essentially a verruca, for a finger. Kind of a warty thing with black chunks that would come out on occasion. Started off because I got a bunch of "flashings" off a screw in my finger.

Or. It could be a splinter.

[Hoofy]

Alien?

Just use a needle and dig it out.

[Slink]

davepoth said:

I once got a needle stuck under my kneecap. That felt quite odd.

how the HELL did you get a needle stuck under your knee cap? what were you doing?