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Symptoms of disease - pain in the thumb

The big finger of the hand of the shortest of the fingers of a human, as opposed to the rest of the fingers. Unlike other fingers, consisting of three phalanxes, it consists of only two. From the other possibilities of the movement thumb plays a special role, allowing you to create pressure, directed against the other fingers, that is the basis of a deficient grasping the functions of the hands. Regions in the human brain, responsible for coordination and sensitivity of thumb, much larger regions, responsible for the other fingers.

Which diseases there is pain in the thumb

Pain in the thumb can be observed in a wide range of conditions:

1. Carpal tunnel syndrome is up to 2/3 of the tunnel neuropathies. He is due to compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel, which is most likely due to swelling of the muscles and ligaments. In addition, the syndrome is observed in микседеме, acromegaly, diabetes, menopause, pregnancy, reception of oral contraceptives, rheumatoid arthritis. A certain role is played congenital the narrowness of the carpal tunnel. Typical symptoms of the night and morning of pain and paresthesia in the fingers, often numbness is localized in the I, II and III of the fingers. Raise your hands up usually increases the symptoms, and the sinking of the hands reduces them.

2. Traumatic injury (dislocations, fractures of the first toe).

3. Inflammation of the joints of the big toe of different etiology (viral, bacterial, parasitic). 20bet español

Which doctor should I contact if there is a pain in the thumb

• Rheumatologist
• Traumatologist
• Neurologist

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