Eli5 Cut finger, other finger hurts as well.

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I chopped the tip of my pointer finger off opening s bag. I have already promised to use scissors to open bags moving forward.

They stitched and cauterized my finger and everything is perfectly fine outside of the pain of the healing wound. That and the pain on my middle finger, a finger that has absolutely zero scratches or cuts.

It does not hurt to touch, or to use, it just has thr same pain sensation as the pointer finger with the stitches.

Can anyone explain what this is because it is truly a wild experience.

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The nerve endings for your fingers are a little weird, they branch out and so the nerve endings for your pointer finger are going to go to your pointer and middle finger, and the nerves going to your ring finger are going to go to your middle finger and your pinky, your thumb is split off a little further away if I remember right so you don’t get as much referred pain there.

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