Please share an interesting fact about dealing with ganglion cysts.

Ignore: Splint use for three weeks following excision will decrease rate of recurrence.

Ignore: Ganglions are the commonest tumors in the hand.

Most: Most common areas of cyst development are the wrist, finger joints and top of the foot.

Ignore: Ganglion cysts are fluid filled sacs that may go away on their own. Surgery is often not needed.

Ignore: Most ganglions occur over the wrist or smallest joint of the finger (area nearest the fingernail).

Ignore: See a doctor if you have pain, an enlarging cyst limiting motion or limited use of your body part.

Ignore: Resting the joint may result in resolution of the cyst.

Ignore: Most common place is on the back of the wrist, second is on the palm side of the wrist.

Ignore: Try to reduce direct pressure over the cyst to reduce irritation.

Ignore: Ganglion cysts may come and go on their own, in the past they were often treated with the bible.

Ignore: After proper diagnosis, don't rush into surgery, many go away with time.

Ignore: They wax and wane and can return, even after surgery.

Ignore: Wear splint to minimize pain. Avoid repetitive wrist motion and avoid trauma to the wrist.

Ignore: Ganglion cysts occur when fluid from a joint escapes and makes a cyst. See doctor if painful.

Ignore: Ganglion cysts were once Bible cysts-treatment for it once involved hitting it with the family bible.

Ignore: Original thought as nerve endings that should not be touched surgically. Now known degenerate cyst.

Ignore: Benign tumors that can be removed if painful.

Ignore: Seek a orthopedic or hand surgeon to excise them.

Ignore: Most can be treated with simple aspiration.

Ignore: Avoid lifting.Soak in warm water and epsom salt. That can shrink the cyst. Wear a brace when lifting.

Ignore: One obsolete treatment was to squash them with a really large book (unfortunately high recurrence)!

Ignore: Common to recur. But not a usually. Over time can be treated well.

Ignore: Often increase in size periodically but almost never disappear. Eventually will need surgical help.

Ignore: They are common in the wrist… If not painful and appearance not objectionable, observation is fine.

Ignore: Aspiration of the cyst can relieve the pain and pressure.

A: A ganglion cyst needs no treatment if painless but ultrasound-guided drainage can be very effective.