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Pain And Swelling In The Palm. What Is The Reason?
Left hand - palm - Pinky area - around the pad - tender to touch - hard to bend - swelling, eventually to ring finger as well - no pain or tenderness on top of hand around knuckle - just on palm side - immobilized it for 2 weeks and swelling and tenderness went away - out of splint for a week and it s starting again - I just saw a Primary care physician before - I am left handed as well
Tue, 18 Dec 2012
Hello,
It seems that you have a tenosynovitis in your hand which is an inflammation of the synovial sheaths or the coverings of the tendons which lie within your palm. This gets better with splintage as the affected tendon's motion is restricted but with motion pain would be incited. I suggest that you better consult a hand surgeon for further management and also to exclude infection within the sheaths of the fingers since the overlying skin is pink.
It seems that you have a tenosynovitis in your hand which is an inflammation of the synovial sheaths or the coverings of the tendons which lie within your palm. This gets better with splintage as the affected tendon's motion is restricted but with motion pain would be incited. I suggest that you better consult a hand surgeon for further management and also to exclude infection within the sheaths of the fingers since the overlying skin is pink.
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