Suggest Treatment For Tendinitis

Posted on Wed, 25 Feb 2015

Question: I've been working in a Pizza Shop & Restaurants for @ 23 years. I wthought that I had Carpel Tunnel Syndrome in my Right Thumb, my Family Doctor said that it was Tendinitis; not CTS. My thumb is Very Swollen, can not support ANY weight, & the Pain is Excruciating!! What type of options are available to me??

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (45 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Seems to be inflammation of tendon sheaths .

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for your query.

It looks to me that you are having inflammation of tendon sheaths most probably of thumb. It is also called as Dequervain's teno synovitis. In this disease there is swelling and pain on movements specially which you have described.
Other possibilities of pain are wrist synovitis and carpel tunnel. For confirmation you need to see an orthopaedic doctor. He can examine you and confirm it.

Treatment is analgesics, splinting and steroid injection at tendon sheath.

I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.

Take care

Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.

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