trigger finger

[kdbush56]

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.

[abhijeet v ghosh]

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

[kdbush56]

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!  

[abhijeet v ghosh]

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

[kdbush56]

what actually is taking place during a surgery for trigger finger?

[abhijeet v ghosh]

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