You wake up one day with a sore right hand, but moan internally
about one finger in extreme pain.
“What’s happening?” you ask silently.
You attempt to stretch out all fingers, but one locks! You literally take your other hand, and pull
out the locked finger. It snaps out,
thankfully. The scare takes you to your
family doctor. After a quick
questioning, and diagnosis, she wraps up, “You have an inflamed finger; it is
known as ‘trigger finger’!” You drive
back home, and worry your little head more.
After all, your physician does not offer treatment. You know you’ll be stuck with this malady,
unless you yourself do the research so you could pressure the ‘witchdoctor’ you
just consulted to do something to rid or of it or be able to live with it. Out from your wallet goes your $50.
consultation fee for nothing! Ugh!
So, what is ‘trigger finger’? In
trigger finger, also known as stenosing
tenosynovitis, one of your fingers or your thumb gets stuck in a bent
position and then straightens with a snap — like a trigger being pulled and
released. If trigger finger is severe,
your finger may become locked in a bent position, permanently! Often painful, trigger finger is caused by a
narrowing of the sheath that surrounds the tendon in the affected finger.
You best get help or your hand would likely go
downhill and become useless!
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