Why is my thumb purple?!


Question: Why is my thumb purple!?
The top of my thumb is lightly purple the vein leading down to my wrist from my thumb is purple, and i'm getting short spurts of pain occasionally!. Yesterday it was my pinky and it there was pain non-stop today it's from the fattest part of my thumb down to the wrist!. Has anyone ever had this before!? no doctor is open this time of night and no need going to a hospital because it's just a thumb, but I just want to know what's wrong!. This has happened multiple times before!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
There must be something--a clot probably (i think it's called an emboly--- blocking the vein/artery (most probably the artery--which continues on to the capillaries where gas exchange happens with the cells)!. This explains the purple color of your thumb--there is no oxygen supply which is needed by the cells in your thumb for metabolism!.

i would recommend medication which prevent clotting but use this in moderation because it may cause hhemorrhage

The pain in explained by the constant irritation on the nerve endings or pain receptors caused by the pressure of the blocked arteryWww@Answer-Health@Com

maybe you have a nematode in your system!. (round worm) just a guess, have you been out in the forest or hiking, or even walking outside bearfoot!. the eggs get into you system and into your veins and cuse blood cloges!. almost like heart worm in dogs!.
but maybe its just a worm that stays in you limbs!.
you should go the hosptial, better to have it fixed now then wait for it to get worse!.

fyi: its just a guessWww@Answer-Health@Com

You should probably see a doctor ASAP before you loose a finger!. But maybe your loosing your circulation or something so try and massaging below the wrist!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I have the same problem its Tendonidis it is very painful like a toothache!.Only a brace has helped me!. Its the same brace as for Corpal tunnel syndrome!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

You're either typing too much without a break or you stuck your thumb in a blueberry pie!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Most likely a cramp!. you may have just noticed the color due to the pain!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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