Trigger Finger
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on May 6, 2024.
Trigger finger is when your finger or thumb gets stuck in a bent position and snaps, pops, or clicks when you straighten it.
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Medicines:
- Pain medicine may be given. Do not wait until the pain is severe to ask for more medicine. The medicine may not work as well at controlling your pain if you wait too long to take it. Pain medicine can make you dizzy or sleepy. Prevent falls by calling for help when you want to get out of bed.
- Steroid injection: This medicine helps decrease inflammation. It is given as a shot into your finger. You may need more than 1 injection.
Treatments:
- Splint: You may need to wear a splint for up to 6 weeks to keep your finger straight. This will help your finger joints rest and prevent you from bending your finger while you sleep.
- Physical therapy is used to teach you exercises to help improve movement and strength, and to decrease pain.
- Tendon release: This is surgery to cut open a small piece of the tendon sheath so that your tendon can slide smoothly. Your provider may do this through an incision or with a needle.
Treatment options
The following list of medications are related to or used in the treatment of this condition.
RISKS:
Splinting may not decrease your signs and symptoms. Steroid injections or tendon release surgery may damage the tendon or nerves in your finger. After tendon release surgery, your finger may be stiff, painful, or weak. Your finger may be bruised and you may get an infection. Your signs and symptoms may return, even after treatment. Without treatment, your symptoms can get worse. Your finger may become locked in the bent position.
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