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Long fingers
Long fingers is a feature in which a person's fingers are longer than usual for the average normal person in his ethnic/racial group. Very long arms and fingers can be due to hereditary/genetic causes.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 27-year old female asked:
I am having a hard time finding my strings for my Iud but my boyfriend can because he has longer fingers. Is this a problem?
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A 39-year old asked:
Do people get longer fingers and longer necks when they lose weight ?
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A 44-year old asked:
I need some tips on how to thin out arms/get longer fingers?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Could I hav Marfans? Recently got diagnosed w/ mild MVP. Postive Marfans wrist test but not thumb test. Female, not tall (5 ft 2), arm span NOT longer than height, skinny, long fingers, Score 3 in Ghent criteria. No protuding chests nor myopic. HELP
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A 46-year old asked:
What can I do to promote longer and bigger finger growth?
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A 31-year old asked:
I am male and 18. I have short fingers. Are there ways to make fingers longer?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I've been rock climbing for about 5 months. Would my tendons stretch and make my fingers longer? I don't think my pinkies are shrinking.
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A 29-year old asked:
My uterus has risen I can no longer swirl my finger around it ?
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A 41-year old asked:
Would your fingers grow longer over time?
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A 32-year old asked:
Since wearing diapers 24/7 i no longer urinate when being fingered. Should i be worried?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Is there truly a drug that can increase the length of the penis? Mine is short, when I am erected, it's usually not longer than my index finger. Help
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A 48-year old asked:
Are there any exercises to do with your fingers to get them to be a bit longer?
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A 60-year old male asked:
Hi, On the left side, between the inner bottom of rib cage and middle of rib cage, there is feeling.... like a finger is pressed deeply and slowly released, no pain, longer than 3 months, maybe 1to 3 times daily?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Is it normal for fingers (the tips) and feet to take longer to get warm? Or this a condition or something?
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A 35-year old female asked:
What would cause the middle finger to no longer bend and when i attempt searing pain in palm?
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A 24-year old female asked:
What can I do to make my finger nails grow? I want them to grow longer and be stronger. Currently taking biotin. Any other suggestions?
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A 22-year old female asked:
So I cut my finger around two weeks or longer ago. The blood got trapped under my skin and Now I just have a random red dot in the middle of my finger. Will it ever go away? How do I get rid of it?
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A member asked about a 16-year old female:
16 yof w/ aching fingers, neck and back for several days, nail beds always white. Hgb and Hct are nrml. Takes longer to get well than my other kids.
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A 26-year old female asked:
I broke my proximal phalanx of my ring finger and I can no longer move it after the surgery. I broke it around Dec 18th and had the surgery on the 27th. I was in a big splint for two weeks and afterwards could barely move it. My fingers were not comp?
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A 24-year old female asked:
How long after taking a antibiotic and being healed from a mersa infection on my finger am I no longer contagious and able to have sexual contact?
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A 21-year old male asked:
I punched a wall about 5 days ago. It used to be swollen but it isn't any longer. I just lack grip in my hand. My pinky and ring finger are unusable.
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A 31-year old female asked:
After bathing, I felt tingeling in ring finger tip and it lasted until I fell asleep and the next day I did not feel it, what could this be and before I felt a slight tingling but it never lasted more than a few minute and now last longer?
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A 17-year old female asked:
If I ask the dr to put a cast on my hand instead of having to wear a brace for even longer would he? Ive had trigger finger on my pinky all my lif
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A 22-year old female asked:
Ive got mosquito bites on my hand swelled fingers mainly my pinky...benadrly no longer works and im getting ice sensitive seen family doc she no help?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Me and my boyfriend had sex he ejaculated. We cleaned it up with non alcoholic wipes and tissue. Then we layed down for 15 minutes, maybe a little longer(20-25). And he started to finger me. Is there a chance I can get pregnant? His hands were dry?
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A 46-year old male asked:
I had continue mild pain at left side chest, hand, hand finger and leg for a longer period. Now that not in whole side but at left side of chest only?
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A 43-year old male asked:
How long does herpes virus live on finger if you touch a cold sore and dont wash your hands? Is it a few seconds? Or longer?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Hi doctors, is HIV Alere Combo negative test conclusive at week 11 (85 days)? Are there any differences between finger prick HIV Alere Combo test and blood from vein laboratory Combo test? Is the window period of Combo finger prick test longer?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Ive been having pain in my hands for a day or longer and I cant really get it to stop. The pain is in my bottom palm of the hand, my knuckles, and other finger joints. It hurts to where theyll curl in a fist and if I make it into a open hand?
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A 43-year old asked:
Is it bad to have long fingers?
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