Ya I know. Asking for medical advice on the internet is dumb. I’m dumb. Here we go.
Pain in index and middle fingers on mouse hand severe enough to wake me up in the middle of the night. Fingers feel jammed. Pain is at the base of the two fingers. No tingling. Internet tests for carpal tunnel and tendonitis both indicate it’s neither of those.
Does it sound like muscle fatigue? Ice it? Take anti inflammatory?
It’s probably the early onset of what is called ‘mouse arm’. Take it easy on your arm and hand for awhile. Take some anti inflammatory meds. The tendons and ligaments in your hands and arm are all connected and very sensitive.
is it mouse bites?
if so, you’re using the wrong kind of mouse
Regardless of whatever advice you get here, good or bad, make an appointment with your primary to look at it.
Internet tests for any kind of medical diagnosis sounds about as right as a mythic tryhard raider judging your worth as a human being.
Take Ibuprofen, rest it, and get an actual licensed doctor to make the evaluations and/or direct your care in the next steps.
ask your DR. could be any number of things. see an orthopedist
Might be your ulnar nerve and how you are resting your elbow/forearm but definitely seek medical advice.
Have you tried a vertical mouse? Made all the difference for me.
That’s a good sign of Carpal Tunnel. I know this from experience.
As a former Navy Corpsman and Paramedic, my advice is this: see a doctor.
Till then, take motrin; change your socks.
Not necessarily. I have had CT and I didnt’ experience pain the OP has described.
However, I suffer from hand/wrist pain and that is entirely due to arthritis. The joint cartlidge gets worn, they get inflammed and become stiff and painful. I’d suggest an xray on the joints, as well as potentially a CT scan which gives a clearer picture. But absolutely talk to the doctor about the possibility.
True, my problem is numbness tingling in the thumb and index fingers when I wake up. Sometimes there’s pain when I’m trying to sleep. Mom had it with the same symptoms so I know what my future looks like. Wrist braces help me a lot so maybe I can push off the surgery for a bit longer.
It may be a pinched nerve in your back, up near around the base of your skull.
If you can, change how you sit and see if that makes a difference.
Ibuprofen is good for reducing swelling too.
I’m not a doc nor a med professional so take everything I say with a grain or pound of salt.
Just tossing out ideas here based on goofy things that happen to me.
Yep. I would wake up with my hand numb and tingling and painful. I would suggest not putting it off for too long. My doctors told me that had I left it much longer, its likely the nerve would have died and I’d have lost the use of my hand.
I don’t know your financial situation and whether the operation is expensive for you, but I’d find a way somehow to get it done because losing a hand would not be fun. The operation is relatively simple and fast and recovery nowadays is a lot quicker than it was when I had it done. You will be much better off, trust me.
Vitamin M reattached my nail!
I had both of my hands done for CT in 2012, and they have been great since then. I have been working in the trades for ~40 years, with close to 25 being in the welding/fabrication industry, so lots of 4.5" grinder work. I am very ambidextrous and use both hands for most work. They were so bad, I had lost surface feeling in both hands in the thumbs and forefingers but terrible pain in the tendons and joints.
I had seen botched CT surgeries back in the 90’s that had long scars through the palm and a variety of other methods that did not give good results. Mine in 2012 was done with a small incision in a fold on the underside of my wrist where the hand bends, and you can barely see the scars. I was back to work on light duty in less than 3 weeks. I still have almost no symptoms anymore, except maybe some light tingling in my index fingers after a long work day. The numbness eventually went away after the nerves had time to heal.
Pain without tingling or numbness?
First, see a doctor, and start with your primary care physician as they can assess things and figure out which specialist is best to see next, instead of trying to figure it out yourself and wasting time seeing the wrong type of specialist.
Second, in the meantime before you see the doctor, try to address the pain using an anit-inflammatory pain reliever, as it can both treat the pain and if it’s an inflammatory origin, treat the underlying cause. But follow the label on dosing and heed the warnings on how long to take them to avoid side effects.
Third, try both cold and heat to treat the situation, and see what works best. I’ve had situations where heat was ideal and cold made it worse, and others where it was the opposite. Even my doctor said to try both and go with what works, as it can vary from person to person even for the same underlying cause sometimes.
Good luck but definitely see a doctor sooner than later.
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you know those $4 wrist compressor thingies from Walmart you wrap around and velcro? I got one and eliminated my wrist pain. Try it?
Sounds like what happened to my hand / elbow after I read a e book all in one go. It was like 1000 pages so it was a lot of clicking. Sometimes my middle finger would lock with my pointer finger.
I pretty much had to take it VERY easy for like a week or two before the symptoms died down.
Just get some hand braces or bandage up your forearm so you can keep your arm straight while you’re chilling. And of course anti inflammatory meds. Maybe some pain buster cream before bed. It reeks but its so nice. Just be careful with the anti inflammatories. Too many too close together and your kidneys are gonna scream
Or use the Major Payne technique and have someone break a finger of yours on the other hand to take your mind of the pain.
Advice from an actual medical professional who has been able to see and evaluate the issue is the best choice though.