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Swelling And Bruising On The Hand After Punching On A Wall. Normal X-ray. Need Treatment?

I sometimes get abit angry and when I do i tend to punch a wall when that happens my hand swells, there is a lot of bruising and I feel like i have broken it I have had many xrays over time and nothing comes up tonight I tried to use my hand to brake ice and it now hurts like it has other times and is starting to swell a little bit is there something going on and or something i can do
Mon, 29 Jul 2013
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don't repeat the same mistake.swelling may be due to either soft tissue injury like muscle or ligament damage or it may be due to fracture of bone,so better confirm with digital x-ray as only hairline crack may not be clearly visible in normal x ray.do icing for 10 minutes continuously 2 hour interval .within 48 hours after injury u should do the icing then go for hot water dip.but repeating again don't punch if u r not professional puncher.
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Swelling And Bruising On The Hand After Punching On A Wall. Normal X-ray. Need Treatment?

don t repeat the same mistake.swelling may be due to either soft tissue injury like muscle or ligament damage or it may be due to fracture of bone,so better confirm with digital x-ray as only hairline crack may not be clearly visible in normal x ray.do icing for 10 minutes continuously 2 hour interval .within 48 hours after injury u should do the icing then go for hot water dip.but repeating again don t punch if u r not professional puncher.