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Previous Thumb Fracture Not Healed Properly, Throbbing Pain From Impact. Treatment?
Hello , My name is Kim. I broke my thumb close to 20 years ago. Was in a cast for about 6 weeks. It never healed correctly. I can feel a bone sticking out on the inside ( between thumb and index finger) on my thumb. It never really gave me problems until recently. I bump the bone on almost everything I grab. I hit it hard 2 times 2 days age and it still hurts and I can barely move it. It gives me shooting throbbing pain. Is there anything that can be done this many years later?
First thing is to get it X rayed and assessed by an orthopedic surgeon.The malunited fracture gives rise to secondary arthritis in the small joint in the thumb which needs to be treated with appropriate medicines (anti-inflammatory/analgesics). On x ray it will be possible to decide the further treatment, whether surgical reconstruction for correction of deformity possible or not
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Previous Thumb Fracture Not Healed Properly, Throbbing Pain From Impact. Treatment?
First thing is to get it X rayed and assessed by an orthopedic surgeon.The malunited fracture gives rise to secondary arthritis in the small joint in the thumb which needs to be treated with appropriate medicines (anti-inflammatory/analgesics). On x ray it will be possible to decide the further treatment, whether surgical reconstruction for correction of deformity possible or not