I got a deep cut on the joint of my thumb 8 months ago, and it has started hurting. Should I be worried?

I got cut on a piece of broken glass, and it went in pretty deep. I did not recieve stitches, and it seemed to be healing fine. However, a few days ago, it started itching, and now it hurts a little bit. There is also a bump in the centre of the scar tissue that wasn't there before. Should I be concerned, or is it still healing, even though it has been 8 months? The scar is about one centimetre long, and fairly thick.
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thats what i would say is possible. glass is still in there trying to come up. perhaps u should see a doc. dont want a staph infection

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If there is a bit of itching and there is some reddness around the cut, it may be infected. Some minor swelling may or may not be present also. Going on the thought that there may be a small piece of glass still in it you can try to soak it in a pan of warm water and epsen salts. This may soften the skin of tissue around the cut and bring the glass closer to the surface. When it does, sterilzed a needle by burning it a few seconds with a match or a lighter or pour rubbing alcohol on it and try to loosed the tissue around the bump and until the glass is seen and removed with tweezers. Put neosporin and cover with a band aide twice daily until healed. If your do not have reddness or swelling it may not be infected, but is in the state of natural healing process. Some minor itching is normal as new tissue is being formed and replacing the damaged. Although it may be hard, but try not to bend that joint with the cut.Being that this happened 8 months ago, I would watch for signs of infection as I stated previously.

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top or bottom of the thumb? I had a similar injury. I cut my tendon and needed surguery then rehab. You will need to break up the scar tissue to prevent any loss of movement. Massage the area a few times a day with lotion. It's been nearly two years for me and my thumb still hurts and I never gained full function back.

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It's a good possibility you may still have glass in there and it could be causing problems. You should have a doctor look at it to be sure.

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the same thing happend to me but with plastic pipe i was running and i cut my foot with a dirty pipe the cut was deep and there was dirt and a bit of plastic in it my dad had to soak it in water with some detol in it so soak it in water with detol in it and try to pick it out with a pin or a needle if you cant get it out go to the doctors.

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