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Help with a potential thumb injury--muscle is really weak?
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Need more info: Weakness of the thumb can be caused by injury to the median nerve - one of major nerves that innervates part of your hand. However, it's impossible to know how to address this problem without more information about the nature of your injury.
Answered 9/28/2016
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