Should i go to the hospital?

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I cut my finger about 5 mins ago and it's bleeding still, I have no idea how to judge cuts, it was hard to tell if it was deep at first because of the blood, it looks small maybe two centimetres in length in half a ying yang shape on the side\end of my middle finger, the middle of the crescent is about 2 millimetres wide with the surface of the skin looking like its gone there, it looks fairly shallow too, one end looks deeper than the other but still it doesn't look serious.
What's worrying me is that it's bleeding fast, not as fast as it first was but after I take it off a tissue or from under the tap it takes about 15 seconds to run down and drip off the end of my finger.
A and e is a 30 main walk away, I'd feel stupid walking in with a cut but on the other hand there's an alarming amount of blood coming from a cut, should I go. I find it hard to judge what would need stitches and what wouldn't

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  • zsdworknman
    9 years ago

    Just cut it off and burn the wound shut with a hot poker like my grandma does .

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  • Avant-Garde
    9 years ago

    In the US, we have free clinics. They are a cheaper alternative to having to go to the hospital. Now, if you live in a country with free healthcare, you might as well go. Or, (I don't know if every Socialist country is the same, but in the UK, there are clinics in the train stations. The wait there, isn't that long.)

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  • GiveMeAFuckingNameAlready!
    9 years ago

    Buy some disposable stiches, then clean and wrap the wound. If it continues to bleed see a doctor.

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  • ImjustJeff
    9 years ago

    I've cut myself on accident a million times. I think I would rinse it out with cool water, (or peroxide, but that stings) squeeze the wound shut, and tape your finger up. Use a small piece of gauze, and any kind of tape. Heck I've used napkins and electrical tape.

    How did you cut it?

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    • charli.m
      9 years ago

      This. You're over reacting, OP. Any bleeding, yoi should put pressure on straight away, this stops or reduces it. Slight numbness is fairly normal after pain dulls.

      Please do not waste emergency medical resources. Hospitals struggle enough to get to the people who actually need their help and stuff like this just clogs the system.

      If you're still worried, go to your normal doctor.

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      • Anonymous Post Author
        9 years ago

        Cool, but I now can't feel the very tip of my finger, at all, it feels like I'm touching someone else's finger

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        • charli.m
          9 years ago

          If you're still worried, go to your local doctor.

          And possibly do a basic first aid course.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      9 years ago

      It doesn't look to bad but I'm starting to wonder how deep it is it's literally just started to feel a little numb, like the beginnings of pin's and needle's
      I was looking for something in a cupboard and moved a broken fan guard and it got my finger

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      • ImjustJeff
        9 years ago

        My opinion, as long as you're not gushing, or squirting blood, you should be ok. While it's numb, rinse it under cool water to see if you can see how deep it is. I would recommend using a touch of sanitizing soap while you're at it. Clean it out, and tape it shut would be my advice.

        It doesn't sound bad enough for stitches to me, I've gotten plenty of them.

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        • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
          9 years ago

          too much snitchin?

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          • ImjustJeff
            9 years ago

            Nah, my stitches were mostly from stupid stuff. As a kid, stitches on my forehead from jumping off the coffee table, stitches by my eye after getting whacked with a snow shovel. Stitches on my leg from that damn tree jumping out in front of my dirt bike. Stitches on my finger from a wrench slipping and gashing it on a freshly razor sharpened lawn mower blade. (Down to the tendon on that one!) I got 7 stitches above my knee recently for getting sliced at work by a 4000lb roll of steel...that was DEEP. (I got pics!)

            There's probably more, but that's most of them lol.

            The only 'legitimate' stitches I got were from a surgery a long time ago.

            OP, you ok yet?

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            • Anonymous Post Author
              9 years ago

              Yeah cheers, stopped bleeding but it still feels like I've got pin's and needles

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