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Any Advice For Hard Lump On Knuckle That Is Tender To Touch?

Hello. My name is Stephanie.
I was hopeing someone could help answer some questions.
I have just realized that i have a hard lump on my left nuckle. Slightly tender to the touch. Its hard and comes up to a slight point. I am under the impresion by research that it it a cyst.
Any advice would be appreciated!!
Tue, 7 Jan 2014
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NODULE/hard lump over knuckle had various reason.it may be due to rhumatoid,osteoarthrits,gout or in psoriasis etc. you must do the investigation for diagosis like serum analysis for RA/URIC/CRP etc and x rays of hand and consult your physician for further management.
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Any Advice For Hard Lump On Knuckle That Is Tender To Touch?

NODULE/hard lump over knuckle had various reason.it may be due to rhumatoid,osteoarthrits,gout or in psoriasis etc. you must do the investigation for diagosis like serum analysis for RA/URIC/CRP etc and x rays of hand and consult your physician for further management.