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