Lumps and Bumps of the Hand and Wrist

[@jodeeclarklompa852]

This was an excellent video for the lay-person explaining the anatomy and various types of issues of the hand and potential remedies. I appreciated the clear and concise explanations presented. Thank you.

[@tinaleitenberger2448]

Thank you for this thorough explanation of hand issues. For my psoriasis arthritis I started a diet leaving out all inflammatory and autoimmune triggering food. This left me with a keto diet. After only a month of doing this the redness and swelling went down. The pain is gone and the best is that I can move my fingers a lot more. The process of change in my fingerjoints has slowed considerably. The skin issues of psoriasis are much better as well. And no medication is needed for the time being. When eating carbohydrates, especially sugary food, the next day all the inflammatory symptoms are back. Going back to my diet the symptoms are gone. This is not scientifically prooved but my own experience with this disease. I hope this will help others to deal with it.

[@marye813]

Very clear and helpful presentation. In less severe disease ordinary trigger finger (especially ring fingers) and dupuytren's can look similar. I've had injections 3x and next stop surgery if pain becomes too much to live with. Lifestyle changes helped me such as entering my house via garage door opener and unlocked back door from garage into house. Using key as little as possible. Giving up a favorite pastime - knitting - due to constant tension on the fingers. Trigger finger recurs and some doctors will recommend surgery right away on all fingers. Glad I waited. Still have a problem at times but surgery is not always a great success especially the base of the thumb.

[@elisabethseaton6521]

Mary E I had both conditions, thankfully not at the same time. I fixed trigger fingers myself with self massage and exercise. Same for the Dupuytren's, but by then, I added micro current point stimulation and I took Infla-kine by Aidan products. I am now retired but I was a massage therapist by trade. Surgery would have ruined my career.

[@pocobuen]

thank you doctor and uploader

[@robertmorris735]

Awesome video now I know what I need to ask my doctor concerning my hand.

[@kathrynlove8252]

An excellent lecture given by a superior speaker ( no ums and aahs)

[@Chrisesparkle]

Very clear explanations - thank you. Our family have a history of dupuytrens contracture and it is very helpful to understand this and the difference between that and trigger finger - which is what I’m currently experiencing over the past six months. I’m female and in my mid-70s.

[@richardjones5255]

Thank you for a helpful and informative discussion of hand issues. Everyone is genetically different and will have their own story to tell. At the time of knee surgery in my late teens, the surgeon told me I have 'loose joints' as my knees could dislocate easily. (My youngest daughter has been suggested as having a mild form of EDS). My knee surgeon thought I would never break a bone, just slip a joint. However, an office fall saw my leg break, and foot dislocate. Since then, I have had two lots of back surgery, to release the pressure on my spinal column, the first allowed me to walk again. Action on my upper spine was termed 'late'. I had an already self-fused pair of vertebrae in my neck that cause some irritating issues. My spine is now classed as inoperable due to the scar tissue, but my hands have been a focus of more recent activity. Nerve conduction tests showed that the carpal tunnel in my right hand was almost fully restricted. I scored between 5 and 6 on the scale I was quoted, (6 was not where you want to be). A carpal tunnel operation restored the disappearing function. My left hand also was greatly improved by its carpal tunnel operation. I have also had trigger finger release operations on four fingers, and 5 or 6 injections, the last one of which was to a finger on my left hand. That was the most successful, long-lasting cure. Such hand issues are not an exclusively female issue by any means. An old hand injury from half a century ago, when I sliced into a knuckle when a glass tube broke, and peeled the skin off the top joint, left permanently raised scar tissue. It stuck out, and has been caught by various later activities until it was also correctly recontoured, as it was sliced down. Now, arthritis has been joined by a swelling over the joint that keeps being caught in daily activities. So, it is back to square one on that issue. Thank you to the skill of surgeons, I can still be moderately active, walk my daughter's dog and take my wife to and from hospital for stage 4 melanoma cancer treatment.

[@isurrenderall5544]

Glad you have a good healthcare team! I’m so sorry for all your issues! I am also hoping your wife is doing wel. God bless you both! 🙏🏻

[@littledoseofeverything]

Thanks for uploading this video

[@michaelstevenson877]

Excellent video very good explanations and very educational

[@cynthiagrayson7944]

This is really informative. Thanks so much for making this video.

[@k.l.raffensparger5545]

Thank you for explaining my mucous cyst in my middle finger. I was hoping you discussed the teeny tiny nodules in my wrist, but I guess I have to live with them. Thanks!

[@SleepyKittens]

My dad has the arthritic looking hand with swollen joints, but he doesn't have any complaints with it. He also has one finger that he said was damaged in his youth and has been crooked ever since. I have only noticed it more these recent years as he is closing in on 80 yrs.

[@takinittotheheatandthestreet]

Oh, ok . Thanks for letting us know

[@zuzuspetals9281]

My paternal grandmother had Celtic Hands that were horribly curled and painful. Now my sister and I both have the contractures. Mine are worse than hers but I’m two years older and have several autoimmune issues. A hand doctor is gone to see about a thumb injury once was much more interested in my contractures than the thumb injury as he’d learned about them but had never seen them before. I’d like to be able to meet you for treatment as you are so knowledgeable but I no longer live in the Bay Area. Thank you for this info and I’ll look for a specialist in Greensboro, NC.

[@arielstrafing5225]

rub your hands with castor oil and wear cotton gloves a few hours every day - or sleep wearing them. also, maybe botox injections would help.

[@randocalrissian347]

I have been making a DIY Magnesium Oil that has broken up my pinky cord/contracture. Cheap, easy, and I made it based on researching the disease and hoping could block some of the calcium deposits with Magnesium since Magnesium is absorbed through hair follicles. It is a tiny bit sticky, but it works and really fast: I have not been able to lie my pinky flat for years, it’s now like it was when I was young again.

[@bartbannister394]

Take turmeric for hand cysts, it works.

[@arielstrafing5225]

and rub hands / joints with castor oil and wear cotton gloves or find a way to adhere a pad soaked in castor oil over the knot a few hours each day.

[@funwithFred]

I cured the trigger thumb with form of B6, no surgery, it worked, and never recurred.

[@anne-marieh6128]

Nice presentation! Thank you!

[@gilbertayala1069]

I notice cutting down on carbohydrates, starchy food will improve inflammation on the fingers and palms..

[@Isabel-of4wq]

Thanks so much doc - now I know what that mysterious lump is!

[@reneleroux4617]

Thank you so much, very interesting and informative.

[@gilbertayala1069]

Cut down on sugars too... Always read labels on food products on hidden sugars "carbohydrates" Also B3, B6, B12, Cod liver oil contains Vitamins A, D, and most importantly omega 3. Do fasting... Cut down on coffee..coffee creates insuline resistance..

[@meagiesmuse2334]

My Dupuytren's was diagnosed after about a month or so when I kept waking up with my hands balled into fists and my fingernails digging into my palms. I got the lumps in my right palm. They appeared in the left palm a month later. I stopped waking up like that, and they've never gotten any worse. That was 25 yrs. ago. Neither of my parents had this. I wonder if this is always genetic, or maybe it's epigenetic?

[@charlessmith263]

I had a finger avulsion on 4th finger of R hand 2 years ago--aka a jersey finger injury. No bumps from the tendon displacement, but if it were, this would be a bony avulsion fracture of that finger, which can be a higher-grade avulsion (Grade 3 or more injury), and this would have required me to have major hand surgery. A splint was just needed for me and the avulsion was healed.

[@freesurfer76]

The course is so interesting and the professor is gorgeous

[@carolfox7642]

I had my cyst, (just above the thumb at the wrist),aspirated and then the Dr. Injected cortisone. That was 30 yrs. ago. Never returned.

[@ChrisBGramz4u]

Ive had ganglion cysts on the front of both my wrists my whole life. they have grown, shrank an grown, over and over through the decades. Never really knew what they were, other then that one doc my mom took me to see when i was around 6y. He said they were just cysts and not to worry about them. i have often wondered if when my hands ack, it was because of them.

[@silviaalvarez3241]

I just noticed this bump on top of my wrist, and had no idea what it was. I'm 66 years old, Chris, and here, you've had this problem since childhood. Wow! It is a discomfort, and my heart goes out to you,, but so very thankful to the Good Lord, my friend, that it's not serious, like, eventually loosing the use of our hands. Gosh, that would be devastating, huh? God bless you, Chris, take good care!

[@grapevine7652]

I had a ganglion cyst on my wrist,took oregano oil (food grade) 4 drops in a bottle of water,it has now gone

[@silviaalvarez3241]

@@grapevine7652 Goodness! I will certainly try it. Thank you kindly for sharing that info with me. Have a safe and Blessed New Year!

[@grapevine7652]

@@silviaalvarez3241 I hope it works for you.bless you and your family 🙏 please give me an update. I got mines from Amazon company was mountain. Remember food grade not essential oil.

[@DAVIDPETERS12C]

Overlooked factoid: the interphalangeal joints don't line up when the hand is extended (flat), but aligned when flexed (into a fist or golf grip). Parallel interphalangeal joints (PILs) are universal in tetrapods... except in paddles (whales, ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs) where flexion is appropriately inhibited by this misalignment.

[@mandyporras07]

It hurts!! So bad!!

[@helenwilhelm7496]

Wish you discussed Madelung.

[@nicolemaxey5801]

I have bumps on my fingers. Can you please tell me what I can do to get them to go down?

[@LindseySnead-dd9im]

Will your hands also itch

[@annwhite2272]

I had these things that come up only in the bends or creases of my fingers they hurt and the center of them is like a hard white ball once I dig that out it stops hurting and goes away but leaves like a small hole and scar and they will go away then may not have for months or yrs then they start back 3:53 3:54

[@aminakishk6571]

What about the diet….that is very very very important…..

[@arielstrafing5225]

doctors know NOTHING about the connection between DIET and health. note how she immediately said to take anti-inflammatories. pathetic, really.

[@jskipper13]

Hello Dr Lauren, I am Midwest IU grad living in CA as well! The reason I clicked on this video is bc I am dealing with some spots on my left hand that I keep irritating which causes the spots to become very sore and inflamed. The first spot that I had an issue w is on the top of left ring finger right above the joint but not all the way to my fingertip. It came about when I was driving and I sort of rolled that finger weirdly on my steering wheel. It has persisted ever since and the lump/soreness goes away after a day or so as long as I don’t do anything to irritate it again. I have 2 other spots where the same thing is happening, one on my left middle finger at the center of 2nd phalange and then another in my left palm which I have the least issues w. I don’t think any of these issues you covered in this video is what I’m dealing w but do you have any thoughts/advice for me?? Thank you so much 🙏

[@loisenochs4562]

Can’t use my hands. Won’t straighten out flat and fingers cross over each other. Have to use spaccers between several of them. The only thing I can use is my thumbs

[@Theworldaroundme143]

I have a few bumps in between fingers under my skin. If I irritate them itle feel like a bee sting. What is this.

[@Bob-wm5pz]

Is she saying this is regional like it only happens in hellbilly indiana.

[@lynel2765]

Hi. My hand is not stiff in the morning but feels swollen and feels like I can't make a comfortable fist although visually, it looks fine. Plus what about those tiny blisters on the palm ? How can one treat, & prevent them ? thanks.

[@DOLfirst]

Can dupuyren's arrise as a result of injury? I dislocated my ring finger about 6 months ago. I have been going to OT for about 4 months. Things are just getting worse. I cannot make a fist or straighten my finger and the knuckle is very red and sensitive. Now I noticed that my little finger mobility is also being affected. I think I was misdiagnosed by the surgeon. I would prefer no surgery. What kind of dr should I see for a second opinion?

[@nickmainor8621]

My dad hands like this

[@cynthiagrayson7944]

Are Dupitane’s and trigger finger two distinct conditions or different sites on a larger continuum? I wonder because I have trigger finger and ganglion cysts as well as fachitus.

[@archerarcher6911]

I have this huge bump on top of (MCP joint) the bump is soft and hard but the layer of skin gets extremely dry it was small when I was a kid and not noticeable and as I get older it got bigger and bigger. I have no idea what it could be

[@JahTsir]

I have 6 . 3 on each hand. Had them forever. They get extremely dry and chappy. Not a good look with the monkeypox scare...🙃

[@Bob-wm5pz]

What the hell being from yayooh indiiana and n.y has to do with this.. Lamo.

[@mayaamay4615]

Do massages, use tens pencil unit, CHANCE diet to plant based, unprocessed food. Less cooking more raw: fermented foods raw spirulina chlorella pine pollen sprouts. Juiceing leafy greens with some 🍉 🍏🍍 🥕 onion🧅, parsley. Superfood smoothie frozen 🍌, 🍐, 🍒, ginger turmeric melon, chia, flaxseed, aloe vera leaf, blue raw spirulina

[@bridgetmitchell1362]

What if you have lumps in your nail bed?

[@craftypam9992]

Like a cyst? Sometimes red? Seems to get knocked by everything possible, and hurts unexpectedly bad? Gets bigger and bigger, then deflates? Warps the nail as it grows out? I had this for years, various doctors prescribed useless things like Savlon, and olive or coconut oil. One tried to send me to a foot clinic, who refused point blank to look at a hand, though feet can be affected the same way. After about five years of this, when I had started wearing a bottle over the finger to prevent knocks (looks ridiculous, but anything to avoid the pain!), another GP sent me to a skin clinic, where fortunately the doctor had just finished a stint in a hand clinic, and recognised that I had a myxoid cyst, which will only go away with surgery. So he sent me for a little day surgery with a local anaesthetic, and the problem was solved!

[@deschomita]

I MADE MYSELF THAT THINGS, CAUSE MY MOTHER DIE OF CANCER AND I WAS SO ANXIOUS AND MENTALLY INESTABLE AT THAT TIME, AND I GET MY FINGER AND PULLED THEM OUT ON MY NERVOUS ATTACK, AND THE BUMPS FORMED IN MY FINGERS, SOME DOCTOR HERE IN MEXICALI BAJA CALIFORNIA MEXICO TOAL ME THAT HE CAN OPERATE MY FINGERS, BUT HE WANTED TO PUT ABOUT 4 OTHEM, 2 IN EVERY HAND, FOREVER OR PERMANENTLY FIX, OR FIRM, AND THE OPERATION WAS SO EXPENSIVE FOR ME AS MEXICAN, OVER 80,000 PESOS, FOR EACH HAND, I ONLY EARN 4000 PESOS AT WEEK ABOUT 200 DLLS PER MONTH, SO IT´S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO GET THIS OPERATIONS

[@ethelnewberry151]

This is why America needs to have government sponsored Health Care like the rest of world nations have. We need free health care, but leaders in the U. S. Government doesn't see it that way. I'm sorry you are having your health problems.

[@buffhotchkiss7400]

Nutritional and general aging No mystery here.

[@retke922]

40:00 Fingers

[@gilbertayala1069]

This is ok but they don't focus on nutrition at all...

[@jocelyng5298]

By no means believed that Melissa Thanderski’s advice would work, nevertheless actually "you know who" dealt with the method and she totally got rid of her hems. Remember you can always put go’ogle to use, after all approximately 72 hours afterwards she hasn't had a single break out since.

[@arielstrafing5225]

CASTOR OIL

[@arielstrafing5225]

FAILURE TO MOVE THE JOINT RESULTS IN a bigger problem. you have to keep using them.