A Call For Humor!

[GXAlan]

I've got something called 'trigger finger' where the first coupla knuckles lock in place (usually 'closed') and are painful to crack open again.
So far my doc has said 'just live with it' but I'm still rooting around for ways to lessen it. Mostly still just occasional, but several occurences per day anyway.

This is not medical advice.

Generally, if the triggering is occurring inconsistently but several times per day, some patients will opt to see a Hand surgeon for an injection into the A1 pulley with some local anesthetic and corticosteroids to decrease the inflammation and minimize the frequency of triggering.

For those where the triggering is more severe, an outpatient surgery to release the A1 pulley is an option that is worth discussing with a hand surgeon.

In any case, speaking with a hand surgeon to learn about the reasonably foreseeable risks and benefits and alternatives is a great idea.

 

[Kuppenbender]

works auch auf Englisch,

Let's eat, Grandma!
vs.
Let's eat Grandma!

Probably doesn’t work in German.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

This is not medical advice.

Generally, if the triggering is occurring inconsistently but several times per day, some patients will opt to see a Hand surgeon for an injection into the A1 pulley with some local anesthetic and corticosteroids to decrease the inflammation and minimize the frequency of triggering.

For those where the triggering is more severe, an outpatient surgery to release the A1 pulley is an option that is worth discussing with a hand surgeon.

In any case, speaking with a hand surgeon to learn about the reasonably foreseeable risks and benefits and alternatives is a great idea.

Agreed. Beginning in the Summer/Fall last year, I had suffered from it with the middle finger on my right hand. In the Winter, I got the injection into the A1 pulley and used a finger splint for about a month or two. It improved a little and I thought that I would need another or the surgery but after about 6 months, the problem is almost completely gone.

 

[JeffGB]

I've got something called 'trigger finger' where the first coupla knuckles lock in place (usually 'closed') and are painful to crack open again.
So far my doc has said 'just live with it' but I'm still rooting around for ways to lessen it. Mostly still just occasional, but several occurences per day anyway.
Getting (really) old (really) sucks. OTOH, medical marvels continue to amaze me and keep me mostly fit - just got new lenses installed to fix cataracts, and am now 20/20 again. Yay.
Carry on carrying on.
PS. That "IT" one hit it right on the head...so to speak.

This is not medical advice but my wife has RA and the locking fingers were the first sign. Her hands are really damaged now with ulnar drift but we finally found a treatment that caused it to go into remission: 4 cups of green tea a day and several of these tablets https://www.amazon.ca/Natures-Way-T...-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1 . There are proper peer reviewed studies that support this.
Sorry for the off-topic but I can't watch anyone else go through the same thing without letting them know it's something they can try. No guarantees of course but they do no harm either.

 

[Keith_W]

 

[Neddy]

This is not medical advice but my wife has RA and the locking fingers were the first sign. Her hands are really damaged now with ulnar drift but we finally found a treatment that caused it to go into remission: 4 cups of green tea a day and several of these tablets https://www.amazon.ca/Natures-Way-T...-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1 . There are proper peer reviewed studies that support this.
Sorry for the off-topic but I can't watch anyone else go through the same thing without letting them know it's something they can try. No guarantees of course but they do no harm either.

Thanks! I'll give it a shot. Green tea interesting - I had been drinking it regularly (for smoking cessation) on and off, and had over time thought that something in my diet might be making trigger finger go away for periods of time, but never dug into it. It is not a huge deficit currently, though painful to 'crack open', and only seems to happen a couple times per day, but that's up quite a bit from a few years ago.
Resume funny bone topic, and many thanks!

 

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