“Doctor, my thumb hurts” How should you treat these common causes of nontraumatic thumb pain? Use this evidence-based review as a clinical decision-making guide.

Authors

• Justin A. Crop, Nellis Air Force Base
• Christopher W. Bunt, Offutt Air Force BaseFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2011

Citation

THE JOURNAL OF FAMILY PRACTICE | JUNE 2011 | VOL 60, NO 6

Comments

This document is a U.S. government work and is not subject to copyright in the United States.

Abstract

Among the many possible causes of nontraumatic thumb pain are 3 conditions that primary care physicians are likely to encounter again and again: de Quervain’s tenosynovitis (dQT), fi rst carpometacarpal osteoarthritis (CMC OA), and trigger thumb (TT). Common as they are, however, there are no consensus guidelines for the treatment of these conditions.