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Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole
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Trigger finger is happening to my middle finger, the joint is cramping and every time I close my hand or move fingers it feels like the joint gets stuck. It hurts after it keeps happening. It’s supposedly common I read about it and didnt understand but if it happens you will know. I’m not getting g bald but hair is thinning a lot. I used to have thick hair and now I probably have half what I had a year ago. I was lucky that I started with so much. I have a small bald patch hpjust above my ear, I cried when I found it. So far I’m able to cover it up.
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Trigger fingers come about because of the shortening of tendons in ones fingers, impacting the flexibility of the joints and fingers get stuck and pop vs free movement. They exacerbate the joint pain side-effect that I experienced as a side-effect from AIs (Aromatase Inhibiters). There's a knot that presents at the tendon, below the joint of the affected finger and are very painful. I had my orthopedist "treat" it, which reduced the inflammation and also did some massage therapy on my own.
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Trigger finger--I've had something like that but I think I had it a time or two before chemo/radiation so I didn't make the connection. Always something! I'm sorry about your hair. I'm hoping it's temporary.