The swelling may be due to a chronic (persistent or recurrent) condition, like osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or gout.

Gout in the thumb is rare, but it can affect the carpometacarpal (CMC) joint of the thumb or the metacarpophalangeal (MCP). The CMC joint connects the thumb to the wrist and plays a role in the ...

Surgeons have grown new living finger joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Remarkable 'before and after' pictures of a hand of one of the patients show how the new joints helped to reduce ...

It sounds strange, but the length of your pinky finger length could say quite a lot about you and your personality type, from your habits to the way you handle relationships. The practice of using the ...

Early in the disease, RA tends to attack the small joints of your hands and feet. This can lead to several types of deformities, including: Ulnar drift. Your fingers lean away from your thumb and ...

your surgeon will remove the scapholunate joint and fuse the scaphoid and lunate bones together. This procedure will cause you to lose motion at the base of your thumb and is often only performed ...

Years of wear and tear mean that joint pain often starts in your thirties and forties. Dr Zoe helps a reader who is suffering from finger joint pain. Q: MY left thumb is painful and the joint ...

This interview features Talisa King, who shared her experience navigating the health care system and living with rheumatoid ...

However, it can also affect the neck, wrists, and elbows. PsA in the finger usually affects the joint closest to the nail. Swelling in arthritis occurs when either the lining of the joint or the ...

Leading consultant, orthopaedic surgeon Alison Edwards, who specialises in hand surgeries, performed the procedure, known as Trapeziometacarpal joint replacement, at the Practice Plus Group Hospital ...

Loss of Hand means a complete severance, as determined by a physician, of at least 4 fingers at or above the metacarpal phalangeal joint on the same hand or at least 3 fingers and the thumb on the ...

Sticky’s Finger Joint, the New York–based chicken finger restaurant, announced the opening of its second location at 484 Third Avenue in Murray Hill. Paul Abrahamian and Jon Sherman, Sticky’s founding ...