Thumb knuckle pain and swelling
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I was rubbing/massaging my left hand last night during dinner and all of a sudden I had a sharp pain at the base of my index finger's knuckle. It's hurt ever since and there's some swelling. Of course the pain has travelled up the arm - may be due to the fact that I'm 'babying" the left hand now. But, I wear a ring on my left thumb and it was a bit of a task to remove it this morning because of some swelling. Any suggestions?
Index finger on right hand swollen and painful to bend.. Hard to tell if pain is first or second knuckle.. Swelling is mostly at base of finger.. No warmth or redness noted.. Have "skiers" thumb for about a month now.. Just woke up and boom thumb was swollen at base.. Finger was little stuff and next morning swollen and painful.. As long as it's straight there is no pain.. Getting old is for the birds!!
For the past 4 weeks, I have a real bad thumb pain, swollen, stiff, can't bend and the knuckle of my thumb and it
makes noise when I try to bend it, and it is very painful. I can't use my left thumb anymore.
I had a carpal tunnel release surgery 7 years ago on both hands, but my job requires me to do a lot of gardening
work, and most of the time I don't wear hand braces/stabilizer.
Does my thumb pain come from arthritis? my carpal tunnel syndrome comes back?
I woke up and the spony feeling is gone it must've been fluid. But my whole hand still hurts when I move it around. My knuckle is warm to touch and when I feel around it doesn't hurt as much because I'm expecting the pain, but when I do it feels like its chipped or something. My mom says since I can move it nothings wrong, but should it still hurt and feel like it's dented or chipped ?
I called my doctor at home and I had red streaking on the thumb too along with the swelling and pain and they said I needed to go get checked. The doctor had a little hand drill thing that he drilled into my nail. I kid you not, pus spouted out like a Fawcett. It was disgusting but my husband thought it was cool! ha ha. I almost immediately felt better. The salt water probably drained it! I'm a fan of a salt water bath or soak!
My Rheumy xrayed the hand and found that the cartlidge has worn completely down and the knuckle bones are rubbing. He gave me two choices, knuckle replacement( no way!!) or a brace to help with the pain. He gave me Voltaren(diclofenac sodium topical gel, and it helped so much. There can be several things that could be causing it, a good fibro Rheumy will be able to help.
Puncture wounds cause pain and swelling at the puncture site. If there is any infection there will be redness, swelling, pus, or watery discharge from a puncture wound that is not treated properly. If the person is not sure when they had their last tetanus shot, check with the doctor's office. If the wound has been contaminated with dirt a tetanus shot may be needed if it has been more than 10 years since your last shot or if your last tetanus shot was more than 5 years ago.
The back of my wrist feels tight, the wrist is easy to pop (and gives relief when it has been) and the central knuckles of my index and ring fingers feel stiff (not all the time). There's no twitching, it hurts even when I'm not typing or using a mouse and there's no numbness. I can feel the muscle between my index finger's base knuckle and the wrist move when I click though, and there's a resulting, momentary twinge of pain.
I had horrible pain in my bottom knuckle on my thumb, and now the knuckles in my middle and ring finger are hurting.
I'm sorry for such a long post, but I'm really hoping someone might have some advice. I'm a single mother and I don't have insurance so I can't afford to go to a doctor. Are there any home remedies that might help? Any advice that I could get would be greatly appreciated. I'm pretty desperate. Thank you so much for reading if you made it this far!
My finger bends (not completely or with ease) and the swelling went down considerably after the first day. However there is a little numbness and swelling and the underside of the middle knuckle (the one that i believe got the blow) is very purple and bruised. Do i need to just relax and give it time or should i seek out a free clinic. I'm waiting because it's an all day process at the clinics and i currently can't take the time off. Any help would be great! Thanks.
It started with my index finger having spasms, and then moved to in between my middle finger and pointer finger knuckle. It now is deblilitating my pinkie and ring finger and causing some minor pain in the outside part of my wrist. With my hand straight out I cannot I cannot put my pinkie or ring finger together and I cannot get my ring finger together with my middle finger. Any thoughts? I have attached a pic of how close I can get my fingers together.
I am 32 and relatively healthy.
2 weeks ago I got a thorn in my knuckle. I pulled it out and a pain shot across my knuckle. It was very red, hot and swollen. The day after I went to the Dr’s who put me on anti biotics for a week, flucloxacillin. The swelling and redness reduced. Now it is slightly swollen with a lot of pain in the joint of my finger, all around it, where I touch the knuckle, or use my hand , I feel. It . How long might this pain last ?
Along the left side of my forefinger and its knuckle, along the right side of my thumb and back toward its knuckle, and in the fleshy part of my hand between the thumb and forefinger. Sometimes these pains occur "out of the blue" when I am do nothing with my hand (just relaxing and watching TV). But I also noticed soreness while washing dishes. I called the doctors office again. The next day the doctor returned my call. I explained the problem.
Whenver she tries to lift or touch something using her thumb, she gets this bulge at the base of the thumb on top of her hand (thumb knuckle). Her thumb then leans all the way down at a strange angle. It painful but she is able to "click" it back herself by moving her thumb out and up. I have strapped it up to immobilise the thumb, what else can I do and why is this happening?
Also, it is slightly swollen and I feel pressure, from the swelling, in the knuckle along with the pain when I try to flex it. It is not a stinging pain but a sore pain and only on top of the knuckle. I just turned 60 and have never had anything like this before. Very strange. From what I understand about gout it, the big toe is the usual target but it can happen to any joint.
orthopedic or neurologist for possible pinched nerve, could be in neck, elbow, thoracic outlet or carpal tunnel
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