Glossary for Finger pain

Medical terms related to Finger pain or mentioned in this section include:

• Acrodermatitis, persistent: A rare chronic skin condition characterized by the eruption of pustules that usually occur on the ends of fingers
• Arm symptoms: Symptoms affecting the arm
• Arthritis: A condition which is characterized by the inflammation of a joint
• Arthritis-related enthesitis: Inflammation of the entheses due to arthritis. The enthuses is the site at which the tendon or ligament attaches to the bone.
• Bone cancer: Malignancy that occurs in the bone
• Bone symptoms: Symptoms affecting the body's bones
• Broken finger: Fracture of a finger bone
• Burns: Injury from burns and scalds.
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Hand or wrist problems; often from repetitive motion.
• Cervical Spondylosis: Condition where bony changes within the cervical spine causes spinal cord compression with associated neck pain; usually seen in patients over 40 years of age.
• Common symptoms: The most common symptoms
• Complex regional pain syndrome: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic pain condition that affects individuals following some form of trauma or injury to one or more of the limbs. It manifests as a non-stop,extremely intense pain most commonly affecting one of the arms, hands, legs or feet. Typical symptoms of CPRS include changes in the colour and temperature of the skin over the affected limb.
• Compulsive finger picking: A form of obsessive compulsive disorder where a person compulsively picks at the skin on their fingers, especially around the nails. Sufferers can feel the pain they inflict on themselves but the feelings of gratification and stress relief prevent them from stopping. The severity and extent of damage to the skin is variable. Stress and anxiety can trigger the compulsive finger picking.
• Diabetes-like symptoms: Symptoms similar to those of diabetes
• Dupuytren's contracture: A progressive condition involving the thickening of deep tissue that runs from the palm to the fingers which results in the fingers being pulled into the palm
• Embolism: Blockage of an artery or blood vessel
• Epiphyseal dysplasia, multiple, 2: Abnormalities in the ends of a number of bones resulting in the early onset of osteoarthrosis and joint pain. It is caused by a defect in the COL9A2 gene.
• Erythromelalgia: A rare disorder characterized by periods of burning pain, redness and warmth in the feet and hands.
• Fever: Raised body temperature usually with other symptoms.
• Finger conditions: Conditions that affect the fingers
• Finger numbness: Loss of feeling or sensation
• Finger pain in children:
• Finger sprain: Damage to ligaments in a finger.
• Finger symptoms: Symptoms affecting any fingers
• Finger weakness: A decrease in the usual strength of the movements of the finger or fingers
• Gout: Painful joints, most commonly the big toe.
• Green nail syndrome: A nail infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and sometimes Aspergillus. The infection tends to occur in women who spend a lot of time with their hands in soapy water or detergents. The nails develop varying patterns of greenish discoloration.
• Hand pain: Pain affecting one or both hands
• Hand symptoms: Symptoms affecting the hand
• Injury: Any damage inflicted in the body
• Joint injury - finger: An injury to the finger joints. Severity of symptoms varies depending on the type and severity of the injury and often the primary symptom is pain. A finger joint injury can involve damage to the bones, ligaments or other tissues of the joint. The injury may be acute (e.g. trauma) or chronic (e.g. overuse).
• Joint pain: Pain affecting the joints
• Knuckle pain: A feeling of distress and agonycaused by the stimulation of pain nerve endings in the knuckle
• Limb symptoms: Symptoms affecting the limbs
• Limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis: A rare disorder that primarily affects the skin and blood vessels. It is characterized by calcified skin deposits (C), Raynaud syndrome (R), esophageal dysfunction (E), scleroderma of the fingers and toes(S) and telengiectasia - dilated blood vessels (T).
• Nail conditions: Any condition that affects the nail
• Neck pain: Pain affecting the neck
• Nerve symptoms: Symptoms affecting the nerves
• Osteoarthritis: A form of degenerative arthritis due to chronic degeneration
• Osteoarthropathy of fingers, familial: A rare disorder where a disrupted blood supply to the finger bones which results in bone pain and destruction.
• Pain: Any type of pain sensation symptoms.
• Paronychia: is often tender bacterial or fungal infection where the nail and skin meet at the side or the base of the finger or toenail
• Peripheral neuropathy: Any loss in the function of the peripheral nervous system
• Peripheral vascular disease: Disease of arteries supplying the legs or sometimes arms
• Raynaud's disease: It is a reversible ischemia of the peripheral arterioles. It is a painful sensation affecting the fingers and toes associated with whitening or redness
• Raynaud's phenomenon: A condition where the body extremities sweat and turn blue and cold. Exposure to cold, emotional stress and smoking may trigger the condition. Also known as acrocyanosis.
• Rheumatoid arthritis: An autoimmune inflammatory condition which primarily affects the joints
• Scapulocostal syndrome: Pain in the back and or shoulder that may involve other parts of the arms or chest. The cause is unknown but may be a result of postural problems.
• Scleroderma: A rare, progressive connective tissue disorder involving thickening and hardening of the skin and connective tissue. There are a number of forms of scleroderma with some forms being systemic (involving internal organs).
• Sensations: Changes to sensations or the senses
• Tetany: Involuntary cramps of the muscles caused by low blood calcium levels.
• Thoracic outlet syndrome: Pinched shoulder/arm nerve.
• Tingling fingers: Finger tingling, prickling or pins-and-needles sensations
• Ulnar nerve injury: Damage to the ulnar nerve in the elbow and arm.
• Vasculitis: A condition which is characterized by inflammation to blood vessels
• Wiedemann Oldigs Oppermann syndrome: A rare syndrome characterized mainly by excessive hair growth, mental retardation and skeletal abnormalities.
• Wrist pain: Pain affecting the wrist area or joint

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