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On my left hand, when I try to crack my knuckles, the left index finger is extremely painful, and to a lesser extent the thumb. On the right hand there's hardly any pain, just some very remote sensation on the index/thumb that is similar but maybe 5% of what it is on the left hand.
The other fingers on both hands are all fine. It's mostly the index finger and mostly on the left hand.
I don't use my hands or fingers to any great extent. What could this be?
On my left hand, when I try to crack my knuckles, the left index finger is extremely painful, and to a lesser extent the thumb. On the right hand there's hardly any pain, just some very remote sensation on the index/thumb that is similar but maybe 5% of what it is on the left hand.
The other fingers on both hands are all fine. It's mostly the index finger and mostly on the left hand.
I don't use my hands or fingers to any great extent. What could this be?
Trigger finger. I have it right now. If you go see a hand doctor, they will probably give you a shot of cortisone in the joint, it is not 100% pleasant, but it does work. In a few days you will be pain-free.
That’s part one. If it comes back, and it could, it’ll be probably about a year later, you can elect trigger finger surgery.
The doctor I go to does not do percutaneous release on anything other than thumbs. But other doctors try that first. That is truly Band-Aid surgery. They get you good and numb, and my doctor required me to be absolutely silent and still. He did that by having a nurse stand across from me hold my other hand and just look at me. The actual surgery, and it is considered surgery, is taking a 14 gauge needle which is big and breaking up the whatever it is that causes the triggering. The process of getting ready for this surgery is way longer than the actual surgery which takes about 30 seconds. And it’s a Band-Aid. After 24 hours you can take it off there’s no scarring.
If you end up getting the subcutaneous release surgery, and I’ve had that too, that is it more of a surgery surgery, but a good surgeon will try to hide a little scar in the fold of your hand. And they will get in there and do what they need to do, put a few stitches in, put on a sterile covering, then wrap your hand up. This is a little more involved where you need to keep the incision above your heart so it doesn’t throb, and ice it. That will work better than almost any drug you can take. And in fact, the recommendation is to take an Advil and Tylenol. That’s all you need. And as I said it wasn’t that painful, icing it worked better than anything. After 24 hours you can take the wrapping off and all you have are a little stitches. And in a few days you go back and have the stitches removed.
Don’t fear going to the hand doctor. I have a lot of things going on with my hands, and they are by far the best and easiest doctors to deal with.
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Last edited by Tallysmom; 03-25-2022 at 12:03 PM..
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