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Are painful swollen hands and fingers a PMR flare?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jul 4 1:54pm | Replies (158)
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I have too. at 2mg. Saw Hand doc. but she is a surgeon and said I needed carpal tunnel surgery. Gave me a shot for trigger finger and I had no more pain. So if a cortisone shot can fix it. How is it I need surgery after the shot wears off ? Not sure I understand it. Is there no other way to keep inflammation at bay?

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pb50 | @pb50 | May 29 2:45pm

Trigger finger is an inflamed tendon. Not sure what that has to do with Carpal Tunnel, which is a constriction of the median nerve most commonly where it crosses the plane of the wrist. I’ve had four trigger finger tendon release surgeries. In all cases that was after i had at least two steroid injections. Those tendons were tethered in the palm near the line that crosses the palm near the base of the fingers. Surgery is to release that tether. Same as a carpal tunnel release only in that case you are releasing pressure on a nerve caused by swollen nearby tendons.
You really should only have two injections - max three - or you start Getting spongy bone where ligaments and tendons attach.

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