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About three weeks ago I was tagged on the index finger by a Boa.I jerked my finger back,but he got me pretty good!No big deal at the time,but now each day there is a lump where one tooth went in that gets a little larger each day and hurts like crazy.I don't think it is abcessed,but wonder if I could have a tooth in my finger.Has this ever happened to anyone else?
Tim

Yes it has happened to me & there was a tooth in there.
You can get it out yourself with a needle & some alcohol.
It should be easier for you than someone my age, who's eyes are starting to fail .

but the truth is that i am so old that my glasses need glasses.

lol..
but Jeff is correct.
I had this happen as well.. cleaned up the 'wound', went back to work, found some discoloring and sharp pains, which were not normal. Two more teeth ended up pushing their own way out.
No more pain and wounds healed up...

Several months later I notice a small bump after I banged it into something (my hand, and no, not that way) so I checked and sure enough there was one I had missed.

By this time, the body naturally wrapped it up in cartilage and whatnot to protect the rest of the body, so it's in its own little pocket and still there. You can see the outline of it and actually move it around with your finger. Doesn't hurt unless I squeeze it hard or hit it, which I don't normally like to do.

Went to the doctor and asked him to remove it and he told me that if it not causing me problems, it's best to leave it there, because operating now can sever nerves and cartilage and not only chance losing feeling and control of my finger, but also leaving a bigger bump of dead cartilage than before.

So now it's a pick up line for the girls.. 'Wannna play with my finger?' ..lol.. well, not really, but you get the idea.

Take care, Joe Rollo - BciJoe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
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NO......

had to do it for laughs........
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Voices in the darkness... scream away my mental health. Can I.. ask a question.. to help save me from myself? Enemies fill up the pages, are they me?... Monday till Sunday in stages, set me free!!! " Diary of a Madman " Ozzy Osbourne

I had a tooth stuck in the back of my middle finger for nearly a year from a stupid feeding accident (I can be taught, tongs are my friends). I didn't realize what it was, but once it healed over, it would swell and itch occasionally. It eventually worked it's way out, much to my surprize at work one day- "Hey what's this? Wow it's a tooth". Try to get it with some tweezers if you can...
Lora

This has happened to me as well. The teeth are hard to see because they are almost clear. I had one stuck in my index finger for a day or so before I realized that it was in there. A little work with my tweezers and it was out. Good luck with it.

Josh

Sorry ya got tagged,but its all part of the game.
But lets not forget the other party involved,be sure and check the snakes condition when things like this happen,mouth rot can happen when snakes loose their teeth while displaying affection to their keepersRoot abscess`s start deep in the mouth tissue and take some time to show up.

Be nice to Daddy and he`ll feed Ya !

>>About three weeks ago I was tagged on the index finger by a Boa.I jerked my finger back,but he got me pretty good!No big deal at the time,but now each day there is a lump where one tooth went in that gets a little larger each day and hurts like crazy.I don't think it is abcessed,but wonder if I could have a tooth in my finger.Has this ever happened to anyone else?
>> Tim
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You can Never Tame a Snake
The Snake Will Train You To Suit its Needs!

T/

Dig it out of there! It's like a splinter that festers. If it's actually on a joint you may need antibiotics, finger injuries can harbor infection in a tendon sheath that needs attention due to the lack of blood supply normally foung in that type of tissue. Warm compresses and epsom salt soaks may help soathe it and bring it to a head. Like someone mentioned it may stay in there for a long time walled off by your body's natural reaction to a foreign body. It could also migrate down further. Don't mess around too much with your hans, it would have been better on your arm.

Linda

I have been tagged a zillion times,but this is the first time that a bite has ever bothered me weeks down the road.I bet it is a tooth as well.