Lacerated tendon in finger

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Any info anyone has is greatly appreciated
My husband cut his tendon (not all the way through) in his index finger (one that runs along the top) 3 weeks ago (near the base of his finger)...he was treated in emergency where they stitched it together and gave him a splint to wear. He has been in a lot of pain since and had a lot of swelling that is still happening. He has seen our family dr a couple of times who doesn't think it's doing as well as it should. The specialist he saw seems to think its fine and will see him again in a few days to see if he can start physio yet. Couple of questions.....is it common to be still very swollen after three weeks? (double normal size at times) and how easy is it to tell if the initial repair failed?

Thanks

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Thanks...has done both those things..on high dose antibiotics for ten days and anti inflammatories haven't done anything ......guess it will just take time, really thought there should be some sort of improvement after three nearly four weeks though.

[Dr Vinod]

Hello!

Tell him to take some anti inflammatory medications to decrease the inflammation. Tell him to take all the antibiotics properly and the healing to take place completely and avoid infections.

Once the tendon cut has healed he has to do physiotherapy to slowly get his strength back. This will take time but with proper physiotherapy he will be fine.

Take care!