Today I was at work, and somehow tore a small bit of my fingernail off of the nail bed on my left index finger, I'm really not sure how to explain this sensation, but basically when I press on my index finger even the slightest it hurts quite a lot. Anything that even remotely pulls the skin down and away from my fingernail causes it to hurt sort of like a papercut. This poses something of a problem since I type quite a lot at work. My fingernails are already trimmed as far down as they'll go and aside from putting a bandage and ointment on it I'm not sure what else to do.

Does anyone have experience dealing with this very annoying injury? And failing that, does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Thanks.