help please

[familytree64]

my doctor tells me I have trigger finger which is when my 3rd finger on my right hand bends over and gets locked.

with this cold damp weather its got worse, can any one recommend any thing to keep it straight specially during the night when I'm a sleep.

I did ask in boots yesterday but they couldn't help,.

also any medication to help with the pain in my joints a part from painkillers.

thank you

[MAS_Nurse]

Hi familytree64, and welcome to the forum. This is a painful condition and NHS Choices website [nhs.uk/conditions/trigger-f...] has a lot of information about trigger finger. Splinting is mentioned as one of the treatments. A phisiotherapist could advise about this and you could ask your GP for a referral. Non-Steroidal anti inflammatory drugs [NSAIDS] such as Ibuprofen may also be helpful in relieving any pain. Do any other members of this forum have experience of trigger finger, please? Please post on here if you can help. Thank you and best wishes.

[bantam12]

I have Trigger thumb although it's a bit better at the mo. You can ask your GP for a steroid injection into the finger, I've had two done, you can also buy splints online, the only sure way to get rid of it is to see a surgeon for a tendon release op, it's quick, done under local anaesthetic and cures the problem, I'm going to get mine done if it gets worse again.

[familytree64 in reply to bantam12]

thank you, my aunt had the tendon release op made it worse, but will think about the steroid injection in the finger

[Hidden]

Hi,

It's a bit unconventional, but my good friend's sister uses a splint made from a flat lollipop stick bound around with a finger bandage, in order to help keep hers straight. Hope this helps, though of course you should also look at the bigger range of measures that will keep you comfortable with this.

[Judytwo]

I had a similar problem with my third finger. I was referred to the Consultant at the local hospital and given a Corisone injection into that left hand, and have had no problem since.

JC

[Welshone]

My husband had this after we had been to a shooting range in America it was agony for him, he had three fingers when they locked, he said he'd never had a pain worse than it in his life, he ended up going to the doctor who gave him steroid injections twice, as your only allowed them twice they referred him to the hospital, they had to operate on his hand to cut the bands so the ligaments would not catch on them and lock his fingers, they did all three on the same day, it took a few months for it to recover completely, now he so glad he had it done no pain or discomfort now, the procedure was 100% successful

[foreverendeavour]

Hello ☺my partner uses a frog finger splint, they are very cheap and do a grand job. Google 'trigger finger splint' for a large selection of splints at varying prices, but as I say, he finds the cheapy frog splint just fine. Hope this helps.

[familytree64 in reply to foreverendeavour]

thank you will google that later,i tried boots the chemist but they didn't have any thing.

thanks again

[familytree64 in reply to familytree64]

just had a look on amazon cheapest is £3.88 will have a look on ebay

[foreverendeavour in reply to familytree64]

Yes that's about right, it's worth a try at that price isn't it.