HELP - I grew a new knuckle overnight? Finger injury question!
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Hello, |
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Maybe Google ganglion cyst. |
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Thanks Mark - yeah I was going down that road. Maybe the thing had been there longer and I just haven't realized? Seems strange. Any thoughts on whether I should avoid climbing? Most articles seem to say try and smash it or just let it go away. It isn't bothering me. |
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Edit: The ganglion cysts I have had have been between the main knuckles on the back of the hand, not on the finger like yours. Edit II - Is your fingernail painted sky blue, Kevin? |
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Thanks Frank - it's definitely a cyst. I'll give it a few days before maybe trying to smoosh it. |
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KevinShea wrote:Thanks Frank - it's definitely a cyst. I'll give it a few days before maybe trying to smoosh it. Only question is- is it ok to climb on? Again no trauma and no pain...I don't think climbing on it makes it any worse. I'm not a fingerologist, though. |
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Thanks again Frank. Yeah I will probably just take it easy on in and monitor for a while. |
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Yes Frank, sky blue. |
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Did you ice it by any chance ? If so, did it change ? |
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A friend of mine had one of these, he was drunk and we convinced him of an old home remedy to smash it with a bible. so he put his hand down on the table...WHAM. Funny thing is, it actually worked! |
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KevinShea wrote:Yes Frank, sky blue.Maybe it wasn't climbing related... Maybe it's a fingernail painting injury... LOL |
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john strand wrote:Did you ice it by any chance ? If so, did it change ? I have nodules from arthritis, but they grow directly on the knuckle(mostly) and generally are not from short term trauma.Hmm yeah I thought of that but I don't think I have any symptoms of arthritis, no pain. I didn't ice it at all. Sometimes after a hard climbing session the following morning my hands feel kinda creaky and I have a tendency to pop my knuckles but I don't think I have any arthritis that I know of... or maybe I might? |
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KevinShea wrote: Hmm yeah I thought of that but I don't think I have any symptoms of arthritis, no pain. I didn't ice it at all. Sometimes after a hard climbing session the following morning my hands feel kinda creaky and I have a tendency to pop my knuckles but I don't think I have any arthritis that I know of... or maybe I might? I should add this isn't on the knuckle but it is very close. |
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can you transilluminate it? |
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Buff Johnson wrote:can you transilluminate it?I don't have a super powerful light but from what I see it looks sorta empty, just sorta glows red like light passing through the skin and not much blocking light inside the bump. |
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omg, yer gonna die! |
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Video tape the smash and share. |
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... and don't worry about Frank. While he has issues, he's harmless. |
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I've got dorsal ganglion cysts in both wrists and they flare up about once a month and I normally can't flex my wrist they are so damn painful. Had them both aspirated, and that didn't work. Just had them surgically removed, was out almost 2 months for recovery and one month after that the left one is back... If the right one comes back im just gonna cut off my hands. |
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Full of air or full of fluid? Looks like bursitis to me. I got it on an elbow once, woke with it the day after weightlifting plus climbing. Rested it and it went away over a week or two. |
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Fucking bursitis. I have it on my right elbow from smashing it against poorly set holds in the gym. |