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Triphalangeal thumbs
A triphalangeal thumb is a congenital malformation where the thumb has three joints (like a finger), rather than the normal two joints.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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What is the definition or description of: Triphalangeal thumbs?
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Are there any new treatment options for triphalangeal thumbs?
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A 32-year old asked:
Smashed thumb between two 2x4's, turned blue swelled and has throbbed for 24 hours. What can I do?
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A 46-year old male asked:
Recurring eruption of tiny vesicules isolated on thumb. then it dries out. cycle starts over looks like its spreading out. ruled out herpatic?
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A 16-year old asked:
Why are my thumbs so short and stubby?
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A 45-year old asked:
What causes thumbs to swell repeatedly?
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A 31-year old asked:
What is the weird tingly feeling in thumbs?
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A 30-year old asked:
What is gamers thumb?
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A 38-year old asked:
Do thumbs have bursa?
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A 42-year old asked:
What is skier's thumb?
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A 35-year old asked:
What to do with my thumb?
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A 59-year old female asked:
What cause nodules on thumbs?
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A member asked:
Hi have pain in my right thumb?
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A 32-year old asked:
What causes broad thumbs in people?
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A 50-year old asked:
Why do I have a dent on my left thumb?
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A female asked:
If your thumb is broke can you move it?
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A 41-year old asked:
How could I break my thumb with no pain?
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A 45-year old asked:
My thumb won't bend what's wrong with it?
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A 30-year old asked:
Why does my brother suck his thumb at 13?
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A 33-year old asked:
What should I do to keep a thumb guard on?
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A 50-year old asked:
How could I tell if I have broken my thumb?
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A 34-year old asked:
What does it mean to have "gamekeepers thumb"?
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A 36-year old asked:
Why is it that my thumbs keep locking or clicking?
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A 42-year old asked:
What's the best way to know if my thumb is broken?
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A member asked:
How long does it take for a sprsined thumb to heal ?
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A 17-year old female asked:
What is skiers thumb? And how do I know if I have it?
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A member asked:
Should I try and stop my baby from sucking her thumb?
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A 20-year old male asked:
My thumb is paining due to excessive wrting wht to do?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Broad thumbs?
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A 34-year old asked:
Can you tell me how i can reduce pain in my left thumb?
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