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When i bend my wrist a bone seems to pop up and it is very sore why?

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Dr. Louise Andrew answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Sounds like gangion: If you haven't been injured, this sounds like a ganglion cyst. Don't mess with it, you can gently apply some heat. See someone if it gets larger or painful all the time. If you have had an injury, you should have it x-rayed.

Dr Arnold agreed

Answered 4/11/2015

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