doctor.......ive herd abot people losing there hands cuz of infictions.......and if broken it might not be a clean break what means it will heal incorectly, what could fuck ur hand up or u will get ostio porostes(spelling) nether one is good just go 2 the doctor 2 be safe

who punches a guy with braces? hehe

anyway, if that was sixteen days ago, theres not much to do about it now. But next time this happens, you shold clean the wound as soon as possible, first with booze (60% og higher), and then with sterile water, and some antiseptic stuff. and then consult a doctor as soon as you are finished with the cleaning. might sound stupid, but if you are fighting in a bar or something, order a shot of vodka and a napkin, and get it cleaned as fast at you can

TheFall wrote:Hello

I punched someone, who had a brace... and landed cleanly on his fucking gaping mouth.

My knuckles cut fairly deep and now is swollen, it happened about 16 hours ago...

My question is why is it only my middlefinger that is swollen? Did I punch incorrectly?

cheers

Learn to make a fist properly and for fucks sake don't punch at the mouth/chin bareknuckle, you're more likely to cut your hand up and get an infection.

Hydrogen peroxide, tape it and dont be a pussy Just make sure you wash it with hydrogen peroxide no more than 3 times a day, some neosporin will help it heal faster also...

Can also try rubbing pharmacy grade emu oil on it. Helps superificial healing time wrap up in half.

I feel for you man, what ever the circumstances i bet you regret it know, Hind sights a bitch I busted my hand pretty good about 9-10 months ago, i was out drinking with some friends, one of which convinced me to punch a wall ( belive me i know how retarded it sounds ) but any way woke up next morning my knuckle all bloody and swollen but decided against hospital ( hate those places ), i know it was a bad decision but i firmed it and it did not heal for about 3 months!, luckily no infection and i can move it fully again now but i imagine if a doctor had taken a look and bound it up the right way it would have healed in 1/2 the time. ( im no doctor but i think it was borken or something, i now have a reshaped larger knuckle lol )

I am pretty confident that if you want it healed properly a fast as possible ( and you dont want to go to the hospital ) then your best bet is not use your bad hand for anything ( as little as possible ) and every day slowly stretch it to keep it from seizing up. Hand Injurys vary so much i can only say what helped me. The last 2 weeks before my hand was actually better i straped my hand up so it could heal properly, i found this helped for me alot an added bonus was that you find you cant use your bad hand for anything so it really does give it time to heal.

I broke my middle knuckle/hand at one point and another time i broke my hand. I learned 2 things from it first i can take a long time to heal properly if the brake is not clean so go see a doctor, it took me months to recover. Second in a street fight do not punch bare knuckle use elbows - forearm kicks and knees. It way too easy to break some fingers/hands.

Since you were cut by someone braces you definitely should get that cut checked not only can the knuckle be broken you could get a very nasty infection as well remember that a mouth isn't very clean.