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Short fingers
Short fingers is a trait in which a person has shorter fingers than normal, compared to the average person from the same ethnic/racial group. Short fingers can be due to a hereditary/genetic problem such as dwarfism.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
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A 41-year old asked:
What is up my short fingers?
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A 36-year old asked:
What does short fingers mean?
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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 43-year old asked:
Is it true that ppl get a shorter fingers and shorter necks when they gain weight?
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A 33-year old asked:
How do I make myself puke (short fingers)?
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A 33-year old asked:
I have very short fingers. Is there any surgical method to elongate them?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Short fingers and toes?
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A 40-year old asked:
My short fingers don't allow me to play the guitar very well. Is there any way around this?
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A 31-year old asked:
I am male and 18, and I have small hands and short fingers. Is there anything I can do to make them bigger?
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A 49-year old asked:
What to do if I'm having abnormally short fingers (brachydactyly) is inherited as a sex-linked recessive trait. a man with brach?
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A 45-year old asked:
Is it possible to be a dentist if I have short fingers (i'm like 5'4) and broke my wrist twice?
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A 50-year old asked:
What are the odds of trisomy 18 with 4 cysts, short finger and a cleft lip/palate?
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A 18-year old female asked:
When i grip an object (eg: bike handlebars) for a short time, my fingers seem to seize up and are painful when i try to release the object. Why?
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A 33-year old asked:
If one finger is shorter than the rest-- is this a birth defect?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Today I have been getting shooting pain down the back of my left arm to my pinky finger. lasts short time. Is this most likely muscoskeletal?
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A 19-year old male asked:
MyBro 16,and his height is173,my dad is 175 and he hasn't grown since like14, his hand size is small and his fingers kinda short in comparison with friends,the same thing with his shoes size,also his beard started growing on his chin..,will he grow??
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A 20-year old female asked:
F/20.Lately had few panic attacks.&now been hving heartpounding fast(wen im doin nothin)short of breath lightheaded fingers get swolen&red.Whatsthis?
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A 19-year old female asked:
My fingers are very short any way i can elongate them without surgery?
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A 42-year old asked:
Is it likely to get agirl pregnant if you have cum on your fingers but only touch the outsides of her shorts?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Is it true that not having moons on any fingers except for thumbs mean something bad or short life or is this a myth ?
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A 18-year old male asked:
Why is it that when i finger my gf, it doesnt hurt at first and feel good but after a while even if im doing the same thing it suddenly hurts. I make sure my nails are short and we had sex before so she isnt a virgin?
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A 49-year old asked:
Supposing you have short little toes rather than long finger like toes, does that decrease your chance for hammer toe?
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A 59-year old male asked:
I have been having off and on sharp short lasting pain in the middle of four fingers in upper part of right palm area. What could be causing it?
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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 26-year old female asked:
Why do my fingers swell(not palms)when holding something cold for short period of time?Just started happening lately.
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A 16-year old female asked:
What does it mean when the top of your scalp hurt really bad and every time u put your fingers in your hair it hurts and I have really short hair ?
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A 21-year old female asked:
My husband is a brick mason, he showers everyday after work... but today the brick dust didnt completely come off him after intense scrubbing.. long story short we had intercourse, but he stuck a finger in and I think my vagina is having a reaction?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I feel sudden, very sharp and short pain like pricking at the top of my fingers. It is very painful and relatively rare. Is it from my iron deficiency?
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A 19-year old female asked:
My partner and I were dry humping with clothes on but he leaked out a bit of precum and got to my shorts.. minutes later he fingered me. How possible is preg?
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A 17-year old female asked:
I cut my nail short all of them grew back apart from ring finger nail there's a redish lump on the other side of my nail and it's not grown back yet?
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