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Trigger Finger

I have type 1 diabetes and have had trigger finger in two fingers although I didn't elated it to diabetes. I had surgery to release them which was done under local anaesthetic and was only painful whe they injected th anaesthetic into the web between fingers.
 
Yes, physio is worth it, i have had 5 operations that were great but injections that didn't work for me. I only got physio after my last operation (different hospital as moved address), the physio also gave me a splint, so if one of my fingers starts again as it does occasionally, I wear it for a month when sleeping and the finger straightens out again.
 
 
I suffer from Trigger Finger quite regularly, some relief can be had by wearing a finger splint while asleep. However I always see my Doctor when this occurs and receive a Cortizone injection into my hand. The injection HURTS but it is very effective and for me lasts at least a year.
 
Hi, I’ve had trigger finger in most fingers and thumbs at different times, it is inflammation and I find that eating healthy ie low inflammatory foods for me, really helps. When it was really bad in the past, I found that moving it through the pain repeatedly was what eliminated it, this took a while and initially I did this for an hour when I was a passenger in a car and I found that this helped make the movement of the joint easier so I kept doing it so I do think physio will help. The go only offered me surgery which I declined
 
 
Hi, I’ve had this a couple of times and on my right hand. The first time I was advised to bind the finger affected with the adjoining finger which I did over night. After a couple of weeks it did the trick! Having said that, it has come back but a few years have elapsed. My finger is usually bad when I wake up but gets easier during the day. Hope you get it sorted. Linda
 
Hi I have had two fingers with this on both hands the first was some years ago after trying all the none medical was to stop it I finally went to the doctors who sent me to the hospital were a physio first trued to get my fingers to operate properly with
A wax bath on my hand it deemed to work at first but after two or three days it came back. He then sent me to see a doctor who said I needed an operation to free it. I had the operation and my hand has been great since then. Now my other hand has started with trigger finger up to now I have had an injection in my hand which did nothing to my finger for the pain I was then sent to another physio gave me a finger splint which has fixed the pain but I have been on it for four years with very little pain if I take the splint of it comes back so as I am 81 I don’t think that they will do anything now but I can live with the splint so I do not mined it. I hope that your fingers will get better with time.
 
 
Hi,
I have had two operations for trigger finger... I suggest that you need to be referred to your local hospital for a review for hand surgery which worked perfectly for me. At the time the problem arose I was taking a medication (an anti-hormone cancer drug) which was reported to possibly cause trigger finger, which combined with approx 55 years of type 1 diabetes obviously didn't help! The operated fingers are working well, since the ops 9 and 6 years ago. The hand surgeon simply looked at my history and said, don't bother with injections, they won't work! His junior doctor asked why and was told, because of the history of diabetes.
Hope this helps.
 
I’ve had several trigger fingers - my GP uses a steroid injection into the affected tendon (I think it is - the Dr will know) and within a week or two of being careful with it, the finger goes back to normal.
 
I had trigger finger with my baby finger with the left hand, I was sent to physio first and then to see a hand surgeon who did a steroid injection, it took a few weeks but it’s worked quite well.
My sister in law is a senior consultant surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich and she said to me that trigger finger is unfortunately quite common in diabetics.
 
I've had trigger finger on both thumbs and 5 or 6 on my fingers. Never been to physio always had to have surgery. Also had carpal tunnel syndrome which was also operated on. Hope physio works for you
 
Ive had trigger finger 3 times had two operations and recently had a cortisone injection for the 3rd one which seems to have helped at the minute. It does get painful when it locks and you have to prise it open again have they not referred you for the injection yet.
 
Hi, I’ve had trigger finger now for over 6 years (wrongly diagnosed as
I’ve had Trigger finger (middle finger of left (non-dominant) hand) for over 6 years now (first wrongly diagnosed as Dupuytrens). Physio never helped at all. Scan and ultrasound showed thickened tendon. Referred to Hospital where a great consultant diagnosed condition straight away, talked about treatments and mentioned how common it is for diabetics (regardless of how easy or difficult control is/has been). The thickened tendon won’t slip through the covering sleeve thereby stopping the finger from bending (reducing my hands capability to grip things). I was offered a steroid injection - I knew the effects this would have on my control but felt the inconvenience would be worth it. Consultant did say how steroid injection would almost be useless but I wanted to try it before the offered surgery (opening up the sleeve a bit). 2 months after steroid injection and it has made no difference. I await phone call back from Hospital to talk through next stage of treatment (finger op.). Maybe this sounds drastic to some; but I’ve hardly been able to bend my finger for such a long time. I’m 59 and have had diabetes for 49 years with a very decent hba1c. Good luck with your physio; I think this is stage 1, steroid might be #2 and op #3 ? I’m not sure as yet if the op would be a one off. Good luck!
 
I have just had surgery on two of my fingers, it was done under ultrasound and needles in my hand with a local anesthetic. Wasn’t painful, I have a thickened sheath too. The open hand surgery means six weeks off work if this doesn’t work. Good luck.
 
I had trigger finger the physio did nothing so had a steroid injection and that worked
 
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