Ugh infected cuticle and states 2 days away!!

[JaxBowlingGuy]

After bowling 16 games this past weekend in a tournament and then 4 more on monday in my PBA league i noticed my middle finger starting to hurt.. didnt think anything of it because this isnt the 1st time that it has hurt since i dont use a thumb it puts alot of stress on the nail area... come wed i have league again and then realized that i cant even get my finger into my virtual which i usually throw the 1st game.. after i found a ball it would fit in i then realized that it hurt soooo bad to do anything... I strugged but made it through the night shooting 201-176-203... then today i really started to worry because I have state this weekend and am leaving tomorrow to go down to the tournament since we have the early squad saturday.. I was messing with it at work today and noticed that it was infected. So i did a little pulling and squeezing and got some of the infection out... Now im down to a day and a half to get to where i can atleast bowl... I have a routine of soak in epson salt, wash with peroxcide "spelling??", then put bactriban on it for like 2-3 hrs then repeat...lol... Does anyone else have anyhting that could work??? I have drained it and all but am worried that it still may not be ready by saturday...ugh!!!!

[kev3inp]

I've had that happen and haven't found anything that really speeds it along. It's probably too late to get to the doc for some antibiotics. Good luck with it, I hope it works out.

[Jord_84]

I was gonna say soak it in epsom salt, but you're already doing that.
Epsom salt will draw out the pus....ewww.
I would just keep doing what you're doing. Keep it clean, but don't cover it with bandaids. Allowing it to get some air can help speed up the healing as well.

[JaxBowlingGuy]

well just an update... its like 90% better from all my cleaning and all yesterday alone... today ill do it all over again and hope its 100% by tomorrow... im surprised at how fast it cleared up...