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Feb 5, 2018 12:17:34   #
GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan
 
Reciently I have started developing what is commonly called a "trigger finger". (3rd finger on right hand)

Not knowing if it will spread to other fingers, I wondering if anyone here knows what I can do to prevent it from doing so and what kind of exercise can I do to help repair what I seem to be getting. If something like that ever happened on my index finger, I can curtain a lot of my photography, not stopping but slowing it down.

Any thoughts?

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Feb 5, 2018 12:25:20   #
globetrotter
 
Try sleeping with a winter glove on the infected hand.

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Feb 5, 2018 12:27:20   #
Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA
 
My experience.
I got it on both thumbs right at the same time.
It was painful for me and I went to the doctor.
He said outpatient surgery will take care of it.
Was not offered any therapy.
So, I had the surgeries.
Fixed.
Pat

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Feb 5, 2018 12:28:15   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
If you google

trigger finger treatment

you'll get quite a few very informative links.
--Bob

GENorkus wrote:
Reciently I have started developing what is commonly called a "trigger finger". (3rd finger on right hand)

Not knowing if it will spread to other fingers, I wondering if anyone here knows what I can do to prevent it from doing so and what kind of exercise can I do to help repair what I seem to be getting. If something like that ever happened on my index finger, I can curtain a lot of my photography, not stopping but slowing it down.

Any thoughts?

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Feb 5, 2018 12:37:14   #
Sneidley Loc: Goodyear, AZ
 
I've had trigger finger twice. First one was taken care of with a shot of cortisone. Cleared up in a couple of days.

Not so lucky on the second one. Had the shot, but it came back in a month or two. Went in for surgery. Surgery was not a big deal. Finger is mostly healed after 10 months, bit the finger stiffens up later in the day. Still working on that.

I had a finger start to get trigger finger one other time. Noticed it early enough that I could take some some anti inflammation ( max dose) and it went away.

Good luck.

Steve

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Feb 5, 2018 13:00:58   #
Batman Loc: South-Central Texas
 
GENorkus wrote:
Reciently I have started developing what is commonly called a "trigger finger". (3rd finger on right hand)

Not knowing if it will spread to other fingers, I wondering if anyone here knows what I can do to prevent it from doing so and what kind of exercise can I do to help repair what I seem to be getting. If something like that ever happened on my index finger, I can curtain a lot of my photography, not stopping but slowing it down.

Any thoughts?


What worked for me was applying a short squirt of WD-40 to the outside of the affected joint once a day...usually at around bedtime...just spray it on and rub it around a little bit...after about a week, it quit "triggering" on me, and everything has been loverly now for about two years. Now I'll start working on incontinence...

Batman

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Feb 5, 2018 13:01:41   #
blazerneon Loc: Colorado
 
Trigger finger isn't an 'age' thing. I've been getting them for a long time. I have one now that has come back twice after cortisone injections and I'm about to get another injection. The injections can last for a year or more before it comes back on me, but the last one only lasted a few months, so maybe I'll end up having surgery to fix it. I've had a number of trigger fingers and the surgery is not a big deal. It was done as an outpatient each time and after the stitches were removed I didn't even think about them again.

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Feb 5, 2018 13:03:00   #
photodoc16
 
Hello GENorkus,
I am a physician who has also had a trigger finger. When it became clear that it was not going away, I saw a hand surgeon. He suggested a short course of an oral anti inflammatory which did not help very much. He then suggested a steroid injection which was very helpful. The signs and symptoms resolved. They did return but in a milder form some months later but without any other therapy, they eventually resolved on their own. I have not been bothered again for some years now.
Another finger on the other hand also developed similar symptoms. I saw the same surgeon and we decided that I would not pursue any invasive therapy and the symptoms did resolve on their own within a few months. They have not returned.
Good luck,
Photodoc16

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Feb 5, 2018 13:07:32   #
SteveR Loc: Michigan
 
You may be developing depuytren's contracture. You would do well to make an appointment with a hand doctor. I had nodules developing in both of my hands and had them removed before "tentacles" could actually reach my fingers. That surgery was easy.

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Feb 5, 2018 17:35:09   #
dancers Loc: melbourne.victoria, australia
 
A cortisone shot fixed mine...years back.

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Feb 5, 2018 20:02:49   #
Katydid Loc: Davis, CA
 
Mine went away by itself, lucky for me.

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Feb 5, 2018 21:16:28   #
SteveR Loc: Michigan
 
Diagnosis and Treatment

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/trigger-finger/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20365148

Exercises for Trigger Finger

https://www.braceability.com/blog/trigger-finger-exercises/

Depuytrens Contracture

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dupuytrens-contracture/symptoms-causes/syc-20371943

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Feb 6, 2018 06:08:21   #
foathog Loc: Greensboro, NC
 
I"ve had trigger finger on 4 fingers. Had surgery on 3 of them. So far, cortisone has "cured" the fourth.

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Feb 6, 2018 06:41:59   #
sb Loc: Florida's East Coast
 
Are you sure you are not developing Depuytren's Contracture? That is when the tendons become thickened and fibrous, slowly pulling the fingers in towards the palm. A "trigger finger" may be extended and flexed, at least with help from the other hand, but will "catch" or "snap". A contracture pulls the fingers up slowly over time and they cannot be extended (straightened out). A trigger finger generally is not as much of a problem unless you use those fingers a lot. A contracture will start getting in the way a lot. Contractures are usually in the 3rd, 4th, and/or 5th finger. You can get them in the other hand. I have seen them in the feet,a although that is rare. There is an injection therapy which helps some folks, and surgery is an option.

I would suggest that you ask your primary care doc to refer you to a good hand surgeon.

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Feb 6, 2018 07:29:22   #
Graveman Loc: Indiana
 
Trigger thumb left hand, then trigger finger (middle) of the right. Meds didn't help, opted for surgery that was back when I was in my early 50's. No problems since.

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