The mother of one of your patients comes urgently into your clinic after the acute onset of severe pain involving the middle ...

If your thumb arthritis worsens and the management plans aren’t working, you might need surgery. Your doctor can discuss different options and help you decide which one is right for you.

Many people will experience some form of arthritis in their hand as they age. A common area for arthritis in the hand is in the thumb. Thumb arthritis is often a case of overuse, when the joint gets ...

A 3-year-old girl came running into her house, crying loudly with pain in her right hand. Her mother noticed several flat red marks, but no break in the skin, and she assumed they were insect ...

Dr. Hutchinson: Yeah. For a thumb arthritis, the most common solution is to remove a bone at the base of the thumb, which means the two ends of the bone that were grinding on each other causing pain, ...

The motions put pressure on the median nerve, a major nerve in the hand. As the motions squeeze the nerve, the person experiences pain, numbness, and tingling in the wrist, hand, and sometimes arm.