I have recently started having pain in the joints of my thumbs - one is worse than the other. My GP examined my hands in the car park of the surgery which was very funny - they don't have a waiting room at the moment and it was in the middle of the heatwave so I think he was glad to get out of the building for a few minutes. He said his room was like a sauna.
Anyway, to cut a long story short he reckons I'm developing arthritis in my thumbs and gave me exercises to strengthen the muscles. He said if the exercises don't help the next step is injections into the thumbs. I dread the thoughts of having that done!
Has any other GNer had this problem and had treatment? Obviously it's only going to get worse but I would like to avoid injections if at all possible. I've had injections into my toes and it was very painful.
I did some gardening yesterday and one wrist became quite sore, so I don't think it's just my thumbs.
I assume X-rays will be done before any treatment.
Thanks everybody.
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