You feel it first as a slight tenderness around your fingertip. Maybe you dismiss it as a paper cut or kitchen mishap. But within hours, that mild discomfort transforms into throbbing pain that keeps ...

A routine manicure in Pennsylvania spiraled into a medical nightmare when a woman walked out of a nail appointment and ended up losing a finger. What started as a bit of pampering turned into ...

A Pennsylvania woman decides to treat herself to a manicure at a local nail salon. However, she notices something strange on her finger that leads to a scary emergency hospital visit. If she waited to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A brown bear wades in the water on July 18, 2012, at the Dog Salmon River on the Alaska Peninsula. A man who was hunting on the ...

Alaska health officials are alerting the public to the state's "first documented case" of a rare, potentially serious "seal finger" infection linked to brown bear exposure. In a bulletin released on ...

Infection, injury, and arthritis are common causes of swollen finger joints. Rest, ice, and medications can often help reduce swelling and pain. Severe cases may require antibiotics or surgery to ...

In the Majengo area of Nyeri town, Jane Muthoni washes her dishes with a lot of pain. One of her fingers is swollen and turned red. "I finished washing my children's clothes using a detergent sold by ...

Anita C. Chandrasekaran, MD, MPH, is a rheumatologist at Hartford Healthcare Medical Group in Connecticut. She is board-certified in both rheumatology and internal medicine. Symptoms of a swollen ...