knuckles!

josiec
josiec Member Posts: 386
edited 15. Jan 2009, 14:59 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hi everyone,
I know this sounds like an odd question, but has anyone experienced their knuckles becoming more prominent? The ones that join your fingers to your hands-I forget the technical name! I have obvious bone spurs on my thumb joints, but this looks different; not swollen, but the actual bones looking bigger and seeming more prominent through the skin. My index finger ones are v painful, but the others aren't. It seems to have happened quite quickly, in the last couple of months or so. Is this usual? I'm a bit concerned. :( Thankyou, Josie

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  • rubyrude
    rubyrude Member Posts: 14
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    My knuckle on my right hand on my index finger is awful, its the one that gives me the most pain, its discoloured and it sticks out and is swollen..
  • roczko
    roczko Member Posts: 92
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh yes indeed :D

    I have a particularly painful and lumpy protuberance on the knuckle of my little finger right hand and a smaller but just as painful one on my left.

    Ugly and painful - what more could anyone want :lol:

    Patrick
  • jaspercat
    jaspercat Member Posts: 1,238
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Josie, most certainly, the first 2 knuckles on both hands are very promient, they get very sore and red, it is very easy to knock them on things as well, they were not like this before I was diagnosed love Jaspercatxx
  • woodbon
    woodbon Member Posts: 4,969
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi,
    I've got big knukles(one of the first things I noticed several years ago) too and a small, lump on the middle knuckle of my right hand, which gets sore when I knock it. :) Sue
  • jackie1955
    jackie1955 Member Posts: 632
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I first noticed these small hard nodules forming on some of my fingers months ago; but now my fingers are really stiff and swollen -particularly the index - and painful in the mornings, and the joints you mention look bigger and hurt sometimes too :(
  • marief
    marief Member Posts: 26
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi

    If its is the same I had my middle finger(first joint) opperated on as kept knocking it and making it sore , it now doesn't stick out and no longer hurts when knocked.

    speak to rhumy doctor and see hand and plastics doctor they will help.

    marie
  • josiec
    josiec Member Posts: 386
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thankyou for all your replies. I'm slightly shocked at the speed at which they've suddenly seemed to become prominent and don't really understand why I have no pain in most of them (not complaining about that of course!) One of the many mysteries I suppose! :?

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