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What is the best way to heal / alleviate a toddler's finger injury?

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What is the best way to heal / alleviate a toddler's finger injury?
Most times we have our youngsters or kids at home playing around the house some might accidental get their hand injured, it is our responsibility to quickly carry out a first aid before going to the doctor if need be, but first we must make an attempt to put the situation under control hence the need for this key points on how to tackle injured toddlers

If your younger one accidentally gets her hand or nailinjured either by hitting it on an object or being bang on a door, what you will do is first observe the area that has been hit to see if there is blood coming out from it as well as bruises. Also you have to watch out for swallowings

If no blood then get the kids close to you watch the particular part with warm water and apply medicated rub if any, also make sure the child is given pain killing drug to suppress the pain. Then you need to watch for sometime if there is any changes but should in case it aggravate then quickly report to the nearest medical center.

But if it happens that there is blood come out from the injured finger nail quickly  get iodine to stop the bleeding , you can as well tie it up, as well administer drugs but if you find out that the situation is still not okay then you have to head straight to the hospital for further treatment.