All you need to know about Dequervein's Tenosynovitis
Dequervein's Tenosynovitis is one of the common cause of wrist pain specially in females,what is Dequervein's Tenosynovitis?How it affects daily activity?What are the symptoms and how to deal with it ?
What's the Dequervein's Tenosynovitis?
Inflammation of tendon of EPL and APB while passing through anatomical snuff box over radial side of the wrist.
Etiology is not known but its common in females.It causes mild to moderate wrist pain on specific activity like lifting weight or lifting bucket etc. Pain while ulnar deviation of wrist. In advance stage it causes swelling and pain over radial aspect of forearm.
Diagnosis is by clinical examination
Typical tenderness over anatomical snuff box, occasional swelling and Finkelstein test is positive in these patients.
Management of these cases are
Hot / cold Fomentation
Physiotherapy
Thumb spica splint
Anti inflammatory medications
And local application of gel.
In resistance cases
Local steroid will help
And last resort is surgery ( releasing tendon sheath over it to release tendons)
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