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Thumb pain

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ilovemydog123 · 15/04/2023 16:36

Not sure what I done to my thumb don't know if it's arthritis
I bury my thumb y putting pressure on it can't remember what I was doing and I had a shooting pain
Since then it clicks like a bone moving when I wiggle it
And in the morning it's stiff and I can't move it
I can't do my laces up anymore lol
Do you think it's arthritis or a sprain ?
What can I do to fix it

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WhirlAndCleek · 15/04/2023 18:49

Have you tried an anti inflammatory?
I do have arthritis in my thumbs, hands & wrists & they do help a little.

ilovemydog123 · 16/04/2023 12:36

What name is it are they over the counter ones
Do you think it's arthritis?

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dizzydizzydizzy · 16/04/2023 23:52

I have arthritis in my thumbs and your description does not sound like what I feel.

IntheSnowySnowyMountains · 17/04/2023 00:27

The clicking is often a symptom of trigger finger (or thumb in this case). Google it... I also had it in my thumb - have had two cortisone shots in it, five years apart, which helped (but ouch!). No doubt there would be a very long wait for them on the NHS. My doctor said he would only do 2 shots - after that it's surgery. So when it started to come back again I googled and tried Bromelain supplements - they worked great, so worth a try!

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