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Sharp pain in knuckle
A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rossanswered
44 years experience
Overuse Stress: Your pain appears to be related to overuse, or possibly a biomechanical issue. If you are an excessive pronator or supinator, you could be creating ad... Read More
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Dr. Jeffrey Bowmananswered
40 years experience
Sharp pain: Sharp pain in foot or ankle are usually nerve related. Get nerve conduction study to see if that is the issue.
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5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Leto Quarlesanswered
Family Medicine 25 years experience
Overuse injury: Could be a sprain or any of various kinds of overuse injuries, etc. Best way to get it to settle down is to use it as little as possible - wear a spli... Read More
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5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Dr. Robert Gluckanswered
Hand Surgery 41 years experience
Hand pain: When people say knuckle they are typically referring to the so-called metacarpo-phalangeal joint (mcp) i.E the one people use when they punch. But oth... Read More
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5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Dr. Jock Sneddonanswered
Occupational Medicine 50 years experience
Which knuckle : This question would be a lot easier to answer if we knew the specific finger and joint involved. At your age I do not suspect osteoarthritis. Probably... Read More
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5k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Susan Arnoultanswered
Family Medicine 27 years experience
Injury??: Sounds like a bruise. If you had significant trauma to the finger then you should get an x-ray to see if it is broken.
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3.9k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 18-year-old male asked:
Dr. Eric Lulloveanswered
Podiatry 21 years experience
Early arthritis?: Sharp pains in the toes at your age would seem out of the ordinary. The feeling of having to "crack" the toe joints with pain may indicate that you m... Read More
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5.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. James Rochesteranswered
Family Medicine 28 years experience
Trigger finger: If it gets "stuck" sometimes and you have to "unstick" it with your other hand, wonder about trigger finger. If pain but no sticking of the finger, w... Read More
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3.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Alvin Steinanswered
Pain Management 62 years experience
Flexor tendinitis: It could be a tendinitis of the flexor tendon coming thru the pulley in the palm of the hand by the base of the 5th finger.
If exercise of flexing... Read More
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5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Stuart Hickersonanswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Tendinitis: You have a flexor tendon which goes through a sheath. These run up to each of your fingers and then to your palm. Some type of inflammatory process o... Read More
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1.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jana Tomsky Corvalananswered
Family Medicine 29 years experience
Trigger finger : Most likely you have above condition . It is inflamed part of tendon forming a nodule passing under ligament like structure. It hurts when trying to b... Read More
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949 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 28-year-old female asked:
A Verified Doctoranswered
Rheumatology 54 years experience
See details: You need to have a doctor examine the finger if the pain is severe. Go to the er.
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4.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 50-year-old female asked:
Dr. Eric Khairallaanswered
Specializes in Plastic Surgery
Possible fracture: You might have an undiagnosed fracture. An xray should be helpful.
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5.4k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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