Conditions
Twelve things we see every week.
Each one in plain words: what it feels like, what we look for and what usually helps. Six have a full page; the rest are talked through at your first appointment.
We could not find that condition. Here is the full index.
Every condition below is marked on the hand by its number. Choose a mark to show only what happens there; choose it again to show everything.
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Wrist
Carpal tunnel syndrome
A squeezed nerve at the wrist: tingling thumb and fingers, worse at night.
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Elbow
Tennis elbow
A sore tendon on the outside of the elbow. Most people have never played tennis.
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Hand and fingers
Trigger finger
A finger that catches, clicks or locks as the tendon snags in its tunnel.
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Wrist
Scaphoid fracture
A break in a small wrist bone after a fall, easy to miss and worth finding early.
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Hand and fingers
Thumb base arthritis
Wear at the root of the thumb: an ache when you pinch, twist or grip.
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Hand and fingers
Mallet finger
A fingertip that droops after a knock, because the tendon that straightens it has let go.
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Hand and fingers Talked through at your first appointment
Dupuytren's disease
Thickening in the palm that slowly pulls one or two fingers into the hand.
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Wrist Talked through at your first appointment
Ganglion
A smooth, harmless lump near a joint or tendon that comes and goes.
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Wrist Talked through at your first appointment
De Quervain's tenosynovitis
Pain along the thumb side of the wrist, common when lifting a baby or a phone.
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Hand and fingers Talked through at your first appointment
Finger joint arthritis
Knobbly, stiff finger joints that ache in the morning and in the cold.
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Wrist Talked through at your first appointment
Ulnar-sided wrist pain
Pain on the little-finger side of the wrist, often a small cartilage tear.
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Elbow Talked through at your first appointment
Cubital tunnel syndrome
The funny-bone nerve, squeezed at the elbow: numb ring and little fingers.