What symptom does hand long cyst have?

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As we all know, tendon sheath cyst is a cystic mass in the tendon sheath of the joint, a disease caused by degeneration of connective tissue around the joint capsule. In our side is more common, mostly in young people, especially women, in the cyst has colorless transparent or orange, light yellow liquid, generally long in the wrist and foot back. What symptom does hand long cyst have? Let's talk about it

What symptom does hand long cyst have?

General symptoms: ganglion cyst can occur at any age, more common in young and middle-aged, female than male. Cysts grow slowly, round, and the diameter is usually less than 2cm. There are also discoverers. A few of them can disappear or grow again. In some cases, except for local tumor, there was no conscious discomfort, sometimes mild tenderness. Most cases have local acid distension or discomfort, which affect the activity.

Local symptoms: during the examination, a round mass with smooth appearance and clear boundary can be felt, and the skin on the surface can be pushed without adhesion. Most of the cysts have large tension, tough masses, and a few are soft, but all of them are cystic. The base of the cyst is fixed and hardly active. B-ultrasound can help to determine the nature of the mass.

Tendon sheath cyst of the wrist: mostly in the dorsal side of the wrist, a few in the palmar side. The most common site was at the dorsal capsule of the wrist on the radial side of the extensor tendon, followed by between the flexor carpi radialis tendon and abductor pollicis longus tendon. The ganglion cyst on the palmar side of wrist joint sometimes needs to be differentiated from the radial artery aneurysm. The radial artery, cephalic vein and superficial branch of radial nerve should be well protected when the cyst is removed. The flexor tendon sheath in the carpal tunnel may also have cysts, which compress the median nerve and induce carpal tunnel syndrome. A small number of ganglion cysts can occur on the flexor tendon sheath far from the metacarpophalangeal joint, which is the size of rice grain and as hard as cartilage.

matters needing attention

After fatigue, hot water should be used to wash the affected area to make the local Qi and blood unobstructed and promote blood circulation. After labor, the pain and discomfort of each joint, timely activities of the joint, and from shallow to deep self massage. You can do some gentle hand exercises to relieve the pain. Rotating the wrist is one of the simple movements. Turn your wrist for about 2 minutes. Can exercise all wrist muscles, restore blood circulation, and eliminate wrist bending posture.