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2. Arthritis mutilans - Wikipedia

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   The bone edema in arthritis mutilans can be treated with TNF inhibitors in the short term: a 2007 study found that the bone edema associated with psoriatic arthritis (of which arthritis mutilans is a subtype) responded to TNF inhibitors with "dramatic" improvement, but the study was not determinative of whether TNF inhibitors would prevent new ...

3. Acquired hand deformity - Wikipedia

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   Inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis, and systemic lupus erythematosus can also contribute to hand deformities by affecting the joints. Degenerative arthritis, specifically osteoarthritis , functions to evoke impaired hand function due to the gradual deterioration of cartilage .

4. Trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis - Wikipedia

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   Trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis (TMC OA) is, also known as osteoarthritis at the base of the thumb, thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis, basilar (or basal) joint arthritis, or as rhizarthrosis. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This joint is formed by the trapezium bone of the wrist and the metacarpal bone of the thumb.

5. Ulnar deviation - Wikipedia

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   Ulnar deviation, also known as ulnar drift, is a hand deformity in which the swelling of the metacarpophalangeal joints (the big knuckles at the base of the fingers) causes the fingers to become displaced, tending towards the little finger. [1]

6. Swan neck deformity - Wikipedia

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   Swan neck deformity has many of possible causes arising from the DIP, PIP, or even the MCP joints. In all cases, there is a stretching of the volar plate at the PIP joint to allow hyperextension, plus some damage to the attachment of the extensor tendon to the base of the distal phalanx that produces a hyperflexed mallet finger.

7. Doctors Explain the Real Reason Fingers Get Pruney in Water - AOL

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   “When our fingers and toes are submerged in water, the sympathetic nervous system triggers the blood vessels in our fingers and toes to constrict, causing skin wrinkles,” explains Ashley ...