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Summary
No matter how old you are or what you do for a living, you are always using your hands. When there is something wrong with them, you may not be able to do your regular activities.
Hand problems include :
- Carpal tunnel syndrome - compression of a nerve as it goes through the wrist, often making your fingers feel numb
- Injuries that result in fractures (broken bones), ruptured ligaments and dislocations
- Osteoarthritis - wear-and-tear arthritis, which can also cause deformity
- Tendinitis - irritation of the tendons
- Disorders and injuries of your fingers and thumb
Diagnosis and Tests
- Bone X-Ray (American College of Radiology; Radiological Society of North America) Also in Spanish
- Hand/Wrist/Arm Problems (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
- X-Ray Exam: Hand (Nemours Foundation)
Treatments and Therapies
- Dislocation: First Aid (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
- Hand splint - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
Related Issues
- What Is a Hand Surgeon? (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
Specifics
- Arthritis of the Hand (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Cold Hands (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
- Fingertip Injuries and Amputations (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Hand Fractures (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Itchy Hands or Feet (VisualDX)
- Musician's Dystonia (Dystonia Medical Research Foundation)
- Nerve Injuries in the Hand and Fingers (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
Genetics
- Baller-Gerold syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)
- Duane-radial ray syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)
- Feingold syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)
- Greig cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)
- Hand-foot-genital syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)
- Holt-Oram syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)
- Oral-facial-digital syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)
- Pallister-Hall syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)
- Poland syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)
- RAPADILINO syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)
- Timothy syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)
- Townes-Brocks Syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)
Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Hand Injuries (National Institutes of Health)
Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Special-form radial collateral artery perforator flaps for the reconstruction of complex...
- Article: Segmentary exclusion syndrome in hand traumatology - definition, rehabilitation and orthosis.
- Article: The treatment, outcomes and management of hand, wrist, finger, and thumb...
- Hand Injuries and Disorders -- see more articles
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- Hand fracture - aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Hand or foot spasms (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Hand x-ray (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Radial nerve dysfunction (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Ulnar nerve dysfunction (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish