One of the sure signs that you ought to seek help right away is rapid swelling in your finger. Swelling may indicate an infection. If untreated, long-term swelling may cause nerve damage andstiffnessin your fingers. "As the finger swells, the ring becomes a restrictive band," said Dr. Ne...
joint pain, stiffness, or swelling lump in the breast or under the arm noisy, rattling breathing pain or feeling of pressure in the pelvis pain, redness, or swelling in the arm or leg persistent crusting or scaling of the nipple redness of the skin redness or swelling of the breast sore...
When symptoms are not controlled by non-operative means, surgical arthrodesis may be performed, resulting in complete stiffness of the joint and possible weakening of grip strength. This study aims to quantify the effect of a stiff ring finger distal interphalangeal joint on overall grip strength....
A 31-year old, right dominant hand man presented with a 15 years history of progressively growing "sausage-like swelling" of the finger. There was an inamovible, painless mass with restriction of the DIP and PIP joints range of motion, without skin lesion, redness or stiffness. Imaging ...