Hand Conditions We Treat
Think of EvergreenHealth when you need care for any medical problem affecting your hand, wrist, or fingers.
Finger Pain & Injuries
Talk to your doctor if you experience symptoms of:
- Boutonniere deformity and swan neck deformity – Finger joints that stay bent or extended in unusual ways
- Fingernail injuries – Pinched, cut, or crushed fingernails
- Flexor tendon injury – Problem with the muscles that let you bend your fingers
- Mallet finger – Bent fingertip that won't straighten
- Mucous cyst – Fluid-filled lump near the base of the fingernail
- Skier's thumb – Weakness and swelling when trying to grasp something with your thumb
- Trigger finger – Pain and a popping or catching feeling at the base of your finger or thumb, which may lock in place and snap straight
Hand & Wrist Pain & Injuries
Do daily tasks more easily and with less pain when you get treatment for:
- Carpal tunnel syndrome – Pinched nerve in the wrist that causes pain, a weak grip, and numbness or painful tingling in the fingers
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis – Pain and swelling at the wrist or base of the thumb due to tendon inflammation
- Dupuytren's contracture – Thick knots of tissue in your palm that make your fingers stay bent toward the hand
- Ganglion cyst – Fluid-filled, noncancerous lump
- Radial tunnel syndrome – Forearm and hand pain due to a pinched radial nerve in your arm
Bone & Joint Conditions
You may experience any of these common conditions in the wrist or fingers:
- Dislocation – Joint that pops out of place
- Fracture – Broken bone
- Gout and pseudogout – Types of arthritis that can cause swollen, warm, painful hands
- Osteoarthritis – Cartilage breakdown that causes bones to rub painfully against each other
- Rheumatoid arthritis – Autoimmune disease that causes joint pain
- Sprain – Stretched or torn ligament