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--- Osteo "Bubbling" on end knuckles
news:1105125179.675370.78320@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > I've been diagnosed with osteo on the small, end knuckles of my > fingers. It probably came from previously injuries. > > What is disturbing is that it sometimes starts with a large, "bubble" > off center on the knuckle. The one currently on my left index looks > like a large, gross boil. > > Does anyone know how to shrink, or minimize this? I've tried some > topical CM and also DMSO on them, but they won't go away. (My joints > aren't particulary painful and I'm taking glucosamine, MSM, tumeric, > etc.) This sounds like a ganglion cyst. Not a cyst, and having nothing to do with ganglia (who the heck knows why they call it a ganglion cyst, anyway), they're really a rupture in the joint capsule of the knuckle, that lets a little fluid escape and form the bump you see. The preferred treatment is aspiration, or surgery, but the old-fashioned treatment used to be smacking them good and hard with a heavy book, which would rupture the 'cyst'. I have one, and haven't had surgery for it - don't have the nerve to whack my finger, either. You can read an article about ganglion cysts, at: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/5247-1.asp Katherine
Katherine Wolfe wrote: > > This sounds like a ganglion cyst. Not a cyst, and having nothing to do with > ganglia (who the heck knows why they call it a ganglion cyst, anyway), > they're really a rupture in the joint capsule of the knuckle, that lets a > little fluid escape and form the bump you see. You're exactly right! It sounds like it can be nothing else. Thank you! What they don't mention is the aesthetics of these fugly things - mine looks almost like an eyeball growing from my finger! Now, if I only knew how to prevent it, since it is returning for the second time on another finger! Related Discussion: Hair Removal Tips for The Summer! (3 posts) [Fwd: Make 1 Million Dollars $$$] (1 posts) Tingling on my right feet (6 posts) Lactoferrin Is a Potent Regulator of Bone Cell Activity (7 posts) Top Discussions From Our Archives Control solution with just glucose and non-reactive ingredients? Other Discussion Categories Diabetes Symptoms Health Care Policy Health Care Providers HMO Arthritis Symptoms
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