An injury like that is most likely a bruise, and therefore would benefit from ice. Keep it relaxed.

Also, OMG YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!!!

It's from all that babbyeating.
What kind of hut is it? Sharp and pointy?

Is it possible to relax my hand while continue to type and mouse? I have a feeling I already know the answer to that question.

And yes, NEED TO EAT MORE BABBIES (I met baby 'pode the other day, and promptly ate her up).

You're supposed to treat with heat immediately after bruising then subsequently treat with ice. Although I never notice bruising until a couple days later so I usually just suck it up and hurt for a week or two.

*Disclaimer* Not a doctor (lab rat in nursing school, if that helps)

A good rule of thumb (or so I've been told):

Tingling, sharp pains, or burning usually means nerve injury or problems.

Swelling, throbing, coldness, or fingers changing colors usually means damage to blood vessels (clots, ruptures, etc) if there is no sign of infection.

Achy, hurty feelings like you are describing wihtout any swelling or tingling sharp pain probably means you bruised something, possible even a tendon. You could have some swelling around the nerves that run up your wrist through the palm of your hand, but that is probably not a big deal unless it gets worse instead of better.

I would try ice and some aspirin/tylenol/advil. If it does start swelling or go numb, turn blue, sprout tentacles, I would have it looked at.

If there are tentacles, we all wanna look at it.

Ok! I'm holding a can of lemondade concentrate, eeeeee is cold.

Uh, you might want to wrap that in a cloth of some kind.

Ya I had to put it in a sock. A pink fuzzy sock just happened to be sitting here, yay laziness.

Actually a thin cloth like a sock is just about the right size for a coldpack.

Yaaay it's feeling better this morning, I'm glad I didn't die.

But are (is?) there tentacles?