unhealing finger wound

[Gemmaone]

I have a wound on the top of my index finger, it will not heal.

[2223]

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[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Welcome to the MedHelp forum!
I’ll come straight to the point. Generally such wounds that do not heal are called non-healing ulcers in medical term. They could be non healing due to underlying infection, low supply of oxygen to the wound that is reducing the healing process, underlying diabetes, or due to underlying dermatitis. Wounds heal slower in smokers or alcoholics who have been drinking for a long time. So these have to be ruled out.
Also diabetes leads peripheral neuropathy, atherosclerosis etc which make wound healing troublesome.You need a culture sensitivity of wound scraping to know what antibiotics will suit the infection. If there is underlying dermatitis, then this needs to be taken care of. If there is severe atherosclerosis preventing blood supply to wound, then this needs to be diagnosed by angiograms.
Do discuss this with your doctor and get yourself examined. Take care!

[spendnfast]

Hi,
Has it been a week? Better get it checked out to avoid a serious infection that can travel thru your bloodstream and land you in a hospital bed.  Diabetes, as mentioned by Gemmaone can also be something you have and unaware of, that is serious. Best Wishes.

[LivingInHope]

You may want to get it cultured to see if infection is involved.  If you are under a lot of stress, that could slow healing time.  Have you had your cortisol level checked lately?  If you have diabetes, that can lead to poor healing as well- have you ever been tested for this?  What are you  doing to treat it?