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Suggest Treatment For Severe Thumb Pain
My left thumb has been hurting more and more at the base especially when I extend it straight up or try to bend it like in twisting open a cap, but now the middle joint locks into place and I have to crack it to bend my thumb every few minutes. I can t fully bend or extend my thumb anymore, I am 62,right handed.. What can it be, how can I relieve the problem and who should I see about it?
Thu, 31 Dec 2015
dear sir
you seem to be having tendonitis of the extensor tendon of the thumb.
please visit a rheumatologist of an orthopedician for a full assessment and management, you may need physiotherapy with steroid injection in the tendon sheath
you seem to be having tendonitis of the extensor tendon of the thumb.
please visit a rheumatologist of an orthopedician for a full assessment and management, you may need physiotherapy with steroid injection in the tendon sheath
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