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My mom has pain on her right thumb. and she never injured her finger. what is the rason for that? tnx
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Lots of reasons: Pain in thumb could be from many things - arthritis of many sorts including garden variety osteoarthtritis as well as the less common rheumatoid or other inflammatory arthritides. Could also be repetitive trauma and tendon inflammation.
Answered 2/13/2015
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