Pain - wrist
Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when an important nerve (called the median nerve) gets compressed at the wrist because of swelling....
Read moreIn short, rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory disease which attacks joints in the body. It can affect the alignment and positioning... Read more »
Primates, including human beings, are separated from the rest of the animal kingdom by one important digit - the first digit, the thumb.... Read more »
Dear Dr. Krant:I am a 55 year-old man who has had osteoarthritis in my feet for 17 years. During the last 3 years it has spread throughout... Read more »
The wrist is one of the most common joints to be affected by rheumatoid arthritis. In fact, about 75% of people with RA have arthritis in... Read more »
When the pain and disability from arthritis get too much to bear, a person may decide to look for solutions. My husband is one such person... Read more »
Source: eOrthopod
Complex regional pain syndrome, or CRPS, can develop after an injury, but the cause isn't yet understood. Researchers do know that inflammation plays... Read more »
Source: eOrthopod
Pain is a very difficult thing to measure. There's no lab test that can put it into an absolute number like a white blood cell count. Yet with 50... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Colles' fracture is a break across the end of the main bone of the forearm (the radius). A Colles' fracture causes the wrist to become extended and... Read more »
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Article updated and reviewed by Stephen Burnett, MD, FRCS(C), Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of... Read more »