Problem: Article: If pain from a sprained finger is severe or lasts for more than a couple days, schedule an appointment with your general practitioner. They'll be able to assess the damage to your finger and determine whether or not the ligaments are sprained. Go to a local Urgent Care center or Emergency Room if you're unable to bend your finger after the incident or if the pain from the injury prevents you from going about your daily routine. Tell the doctor when and where the finger was injured. Also describe how you sustained the injury (e.g., if you caught the ball wrong in a game of baseball). Mention what angle your finger was at when it was injured and what direction the injury came from. Tell the doctor how severe the pain is, and whether it's become more or less painful with time. Also make an appointment if you have a mallet finger, since the condition needs to be treated by a medical professional. The doctor will most likely perform an X-ray or an MRI scan. Both of these scans allow the doctor to get a clear image of the bones and ligaments in your finger. An MRI in particular will allow the doctor a clear look at the ligaments inside your injured finger. After viewing the scan results, the doctor will be able to diagnose whether or not your finger is sprained. Neither the X-ray procedure or the MRI procedure should cause any pain or discomfort.
Summary: Visit a doctor if your finger is still swollen, bruised, or painful after 48 hours. Describe your finger injury to the doctor. Request an imaging scan if your doctor can't visually confirm a sprain.

Problem: Article: Your doctor will examine your skin for wheals and flare to determine which substances you are allergic to. They will have the training necessary to determine when your skin is irritated and when you are having an allergic reaction due to the substance. If you have very large wheals due to an allergen, you may have a high level of sensitivity to a substance or food. Your doctor will let you know which substances you tested positive for in terms of an allergy. It is possible for an allergy test to be inaccurate the first time around, causing a false positive or a false negative. If you want to be sure you are allergic to certain substances, you may ask your doctor to administer another round of skin tests. Usually if you test positive for an allergy to a substance more than once, it means you are allergic to it. Once you determine what substances you are allergic to, you should do your best to avoid interacting with them. This may mean cutting certain foods out of your diet or switching your skin care products so you do not expose your skin to allergens. Your doctor should tell you how severe your allergies are to certain substances so you do not put your health at risk. For example, if you have a mild allergy to cats, your doctor may recommend you stay away from cats and take allergy medication before you interact with cats. Or if you have a severe allergy to peanuts, your doctor may suggest you avoid eating peanuts and confirm foods do not have peanuts before you eat them. For some allergens, you may have a very minor reaction, such as a rash or skin irritation. But if you continue to expose yourself to the allergen, your reactions may get worse over time. Try to avoid being around any allergens so you stay healthy.
Summary: Allow your doctor to interpret the results of the test. Get a second test done if you want to be sure of your allergies. Adjust your diet or lifestyle to avoid contact with allergens.

Problem: Article: Do you remember any of her family members' names? If so, they may be on Facebook. This is especially true of younger relatives. Look through their friend lists. If she's on Facebook, it's likely she will be friends with her family members. Again, remember that the name's rarity has to be factored in. If she was named Jane, but her brother was named Tobias, you may have more luck trying to find him because of his name's rarity. Also, men don't change their last names through marriage usually, so searching for her father or brother or other male relatives is a good bet. Can you find any of these? If so, you could add them and ask them if they know about her. See if you have mutual friends with her. Facebook has a "mutual friends" feature that Facebook uses to match you with a name. If you have any mutual friends at all, she will be high on the list. Look on the right column under the feature "people you may know" and see if she comes up (she may if you have a mutual friend). Or you could just scour their friend lists to see if she's listed on them. This will work better if you knew her recently because it will be more likely she is still in touch with them. Do you know any details about her? Where she went to school or where she worked? If so, it may be worthwhile finding the school or company on Facebook. These people might know her. You also might find that she is already a member of the school alumni group or has posted on comments on it. You might be able to jog your memory of her family members' names or friends' names by looking at alumni groups or high school yearbooks (many are also scanned in online).
Summary:
Look up her family members' sites on Facebook. Look up her friends on Facebook. Look up school alumni groups.