bump on thumb.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

This is a pic of it...



It began a week ago while gardening. I didn't notice at the moment that anything happened. I'd been clipping back an Artichoke bush. At first I thought it was a blood blister. Today it started hurting more. And I see a black dot in the middle of it. Preparing a meal is painful.

It seems such a tiny issue to bother a doctor about or go to urgent care. I'm trying soaking it in hot water to see if something can be drawn out, like a splinter.

Anybody experience this or know what it is?

[tblue37]

1. Looks like a cyst. It can be removed. Mine went away on its own eventually.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. My non-medical opinion: Thorn. Soak in hot water with epsom salts.

Eventually the thorn will come to the surface and squeeze out, or be absorbed.

Pretty basic.

[MutantAndProud]

3. If it's not a bite it could be a thorn fragment

I had a sliver of glass get into my thumb next to the nail… worked it out with tweezers, painfully, but it took a few days of swelling for it to heal over, and then new skin started to push that away for about a couple weeks… just now leveling off

It’s surprising how much damage a little fragment can cause sometime.

Watch for any severe dark discoloration, lack of healing after a week or two, or any red lines etc

[Bluethroughu]

4. I actually had that about two weeks ago on my leg and arm after working in the garden.

When I googled a tiny black bug bite...

It said No-see-um. It actually welted and hurt, considering the nothing it is. I picked the black off, then cleaned it. About a week later it oozed a clear hard liquid and now is going away.

Nasty little bite.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

5. Thank you DUers!!!

You're the best! Will try a little prick and see what happens. And buy some Epsom salt.

[hippywife]

6. Dermatofibroma. nt

[SleeplessinSoCal]

7. Pricked with a clean safety pin...

Followed by soaking it in hot water actually drew out what was either a tiny thorn or splinter of some kind. So odd that the black spot wasn't visible or painful until today. I got immediate relief from the pain. The bump is still soar. Not sure if there is more to come. But for now I'm good!!