A non-MS medical question from me :-)

[lovemy6monkeys]

First, let me just say I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! And for our out of the US members, I hope you have a wonderful near the end of November weekend :-)

I was just curious if you guys know if you can "pop" a blood vessel without doing anything to the area? About 5+ years ago I was shucking corn and heard & felt a mild pop and soon after the top of my right hand bruised. It ended up being one of those large nasty bruises that took a while to fade away.

I remembered that incident because this morning I woke up with my thumb joint having some pain, kind of deep inside. I have not done anything to it to cause it to be sore. About an hour ago I noticed that there is a smallish area in the webbing of my thumb and 1st finger that is starting to bruise. Also from the thumb joint almost to my wrist on the palm of my hand is starting to bruise and seems a bit swollen.

Have you guys ever had something like this happen?

In other news, my new exercise routine is going well! I have taken 200 mg of gabapentin during the day on 2 days. It does not make me sleepy and helps control the soreness & pain just a smidge better than Tylenol.

~Jess...who does not have time for boo-boos, I have Thanksgiving desserts to make!

[Guitar_grrrl]

I rupture veins all the time - not fun!  I think mine's hereditary.  My grandma's ruptured frequently as well.  Sometimes, it's just something stupid like opening a tight jar.  I still can't get the darn thing open, and just hand it to DH.

[supermum_ms]

Hi Jess,

Well i was going to say i've blown a (the same one each time) vein in my hand a few times, exactly as you describe, near my middle finger webbing on my left hand, though i've assumed thats whats happened. Its the same hand that has the pinkie finger vein engorgement problem for the last year, and just recently the vein engorged in the finger next to my thumb so because of the vein engorgement, i really thought it had to be a blown vein.

I have mentioned it to my prior GP, saying i'd blown that vein again but no notice or correction to the term i've used. That doesn't mean much she was a dud of a dr, i'm going to bring it up again when i see the vein specialist on the 2nd of december, i'll probably get some answers then. That pain is a pain lol my entire arm has that pain when the veins engorge, i'm seriously over it already!

Cheers.........JJ

[jensequitur]

I don't think you've popped a blood vessel, but maybe it's bursitis or something...  Probably should go visit the PCP!