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Painful thumb and wrist

Posted: Dec 12, 2011

About five weeks ago I was cleaning my chairs and sofa with a small Bissel cleaner, and really overdid it. I have been diagnsed with de Quervain's tenosynovitis of the right wrist. I tried anti-inflammatory medication which only worked for a day, then back to bad pain again. My doctor started me on a course of prednisone, which I took for ten days to no avail. I am scheduled for an appointment with a hand specialist. I know they sometimes do surgery for this condition, and I am wondering if anyone has had this condition and can share their experience. This truly is one of the most painful things I have ever had. I am righthanded, and unfortunately I have this conditon in the right wrist. At times I cannot sign my name. Doing dishes and showering with one hand is getting old. Thanks for any info you can share.

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DeQsynovitis - Bunion

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Sounds like a clear-cut WC case to me.

Don't understand - Christine

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What's WC?

Just dawned on me - Christine

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Just got what you meant. I hope the specialist can treat this and it never, ever . . . ever comes back!

Just found out I had an injury to my hand as well SM - Going to surgeon

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I doubt yours was caused from cleaning your couch! Mine is from my job. Please look into it, as if there is a complication, you don't know what total disability you may have when it's all over.

My injury might not be able to be undone, even with surgery and it scares me to death. I have injuries bilaterally, but very severe in my dominant arm.

Please take care of yourself and your future! Look into what truly caused this injury.

That's what did it - Christine

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It truly was caused by cleaning two chairs and then the sofa. All the literature supports the fact that this condition often is caused by repetitive motion. I was cleaning for a few hours, pushing down very hard on the hose to suction up the water. I noticed pain, and about two days later is was terrible. My doctor said the tendons became inflamed and swollen, causing them not to glide freely through the tendon sheath. There is no break in any of the bones of the hand or wrist. Good luck to you, too. I hope you have a resolution to your problem. I am fearing the cortisone shot I'll probably get, as I have heard some horror stories about pain and side effects. Good luck!

But your repetitive motion is typing! Don't you think the cleaning just pushed it over? - Strange!

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I mean typing is repetitive motion! I bet you were already inflamed. I don't know, I just have a hard time thinking that cleaning for Bfew hours did it all. I would more suspect that because ofnuour profession, it's chronically inflamed and that just pushed it over the edge, but I'm no doctor! Good luck to you, too!!! This all is horrible.

Don't type anymore - Christine

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Quit the Q and don't do transcription anymore. I can't wait for my appointment with the hand specialist. It feels like someone has an ice pick and keeps jabbing it into the side of my wrist. I am wearing a thumb support splint which helps somewhat. I never knew anything could hurt this much! I know now why God gave us two arms and hands. Trying to work with one isn't easy!

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