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trigger finger

by kdbush56, Mar 01, 2009 05:51PM
I have developed what appears to be "trigger finger".  I am a bead store owner and use tools for jewelry making for a living.  Literally overnight, I developed a hard nodule under my middle finger on the palm, and my finger started snapping into place and being stiff after waking in the morning.  Some days the pain is pretty bad and other days it's hardly there.  It is my right hand and I am right-handed.  Is surgery the only option to correct this problem?  I can't imagine being without my right hand.  Thanks for your advice.
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by abhijeet v ghosh, Mar 02, 2009 12:20AM
To: kdbush56
hello kdbush56,
well a active person like you will benefit a lot from a surgery. Had it been a sedentry patient, i would had advised a cortisone injection. But it's not right for you to waste time in all these. Please meet an orthopaedician and decide soon.
regards
abhijeet

by kdbush56, Mar 02, 2009 09:46AM
To: abhijeet v ghosh
what actually is taking place during a surgery for trigger finger?

by abhijeet v ghosh, Mar 02, 2009 10:20AM
To: kdbush56
hello kdbush,
well in trigger finger the pathology lies inthe smooth movement of the tendon. Due to nodule, etc the smooth gliding of the tendon is affected. So in surgery they will release the tendon from that nodule so that the smooth movement of the tendon is restored.

Hope it's clear to you?

regards
abhijeet

by kdbush56, Mar 03, 2009 07:00AM
To: abhijeet
Yes; thanks.  Can you explain why some days the nodule is sticking out more than others and some days the pain is there; other days it is gone.  Very strange phenomenon!  

by abhijeet v ghosh, Mar 03, 2009 10:59PM
To: kdbush
hi kd,
this can't be explained. it's a body's reaction to the stress level you fingers are subjected to daily. nothing unusual to it.
regards
abhijeet
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