Painful knot on my wrist?!
Question:
Painful knot on my wrist?
For about a week and a half my wrist has been hurting pretty bad when i bend it forward or backward. It has done that before but it goes away and eventually comes back. Now i have a not on the top of my wrist that you can really only see when i bend my hand forward it doesnt hurt near as bad, but the knot hurts when i push on it. Also, the knot is pretty hard.
any ideas of what it could be?
Answers:
It could be a ganglion cyst, but they don't usually cause severe pain, if any pain at all. Sometimes they may cause limitations of movement and can also cause weakness, pain and paraesthesia (pins and needles) if they press on adjacent nerves. Frequently, the cysts will disappear over time, so in cases of small cysts that do not cause other symptoms, no therapy is necessary. If a ganglion cyst is causing you problems, it can be managed by aspiration or excision.
It could also be caused by several other conditions, one of which is rheumatoid arthritis.