It might have come about at a accupuncture session 2 weeks ago, or possibly my last infusion 3 1/2 weeks ago. Any ideas? Would this be a enthisitis site? It is a continous sharp pain.
More at this point.
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It could well be Jon. I consider enthesitis is anywhere along the length of a tendon or ligament, not in my case just at the insertion sites. And for me the continuous sharp pain is familar. Does it ease at all on icing the spot?
Yes, ice did help.
The pain is right on the bone, about 1ā up from the knuckle. Maybe there is a attachment point there, I will look it up.
Looks like a ligament is attached in the exact spot!
Possibly OA? Hesitate to say that 'cos I hate it when Iām told āitās only OAā. And it is a little way off the joint ā¦ but pain doesnāt always occur at the site of the problem and OA in hands causes sharp-ish pain for sure. Itās a pain that āgoes right through youā, very ouchy.
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Doesnāt feel like my other hand OA, this was kind of sudden, but I guess OA can do that. Kind of feels like a injuryā¦
I will see if the next Remicade infusion makes a difference with it. Maybe I can talk my Rheumy into taking a quick look when she US images the fingers next visit, I doubt she will, but I can always askā¦
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Also, no sign of OA on the xraysā¦
Looks pretty smooth there.
Oh, I remember what I did, I dropped a heavy lathe chuck on my hand a couple of weeks ago, forgot all about it! I might have a hairline fracture.
It hurt at the time, but I did not connect the dots until I did a search for metatarsal painā¦
We live with so much pain, that you forget when you actually have a cause for the pain! Geezā¦
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Itās amazing how we react to an actual injury after so long of just accepting random pain. I finally seem to have shaken what seemed to be pain sensitivity after years of it. How did I know?
Well I accidentally banged the side of my hand on the corner of a brick wall when gardening. I hurt a bit when I did it, but I hopped on one foot for a couple of seconds and swore, then put some gloves on and went back to gardening. Two hours later, I pull the gloves off, and thereās an egg - the size of a big quail egg - of swelling on the side of my hand, with bruising and blood pooling in the knuckle on my little finger and at the base of my hand around the wrist. It was so deformed looking, it looked broken! But it really didnāt hurt much at all. It freaked me out so much I got bloods done. No call from the Rheum, so obviously nothing to see there!
I had to acknowledge that obviously I just hit it pretty hard, so on a positive note it seems Iām finally back to a place where my body is no longer primed to treat every little pain like an alarm bell. Super surreal, but in a good way 
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Jen, I am happy to not be the only oneā¦
To give you a idea on what fell on my hand, and how oblivious I wasā¦
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Happy New Year!
This thread is so completely me now. I regularly bash myself and even fall over. Last falling over ājokeā was last week, walking the dog in a field of ridiculous anthills of the english variety though, so small hillocks in the grass. And yes youāve guessed it, I ended up flat on my face all of a sudden. Completely winded with my pride sinking to my boots. Right ribs hurt a bit, vaguely thought I might have cracked one but did nothing about it other than yelp every time I was trying to get up off the sofa. Verdict is now it canāt have got cracked as itās slowly getting better. Previously I would have rushed myself off for an xray! Instead I took myself back home allowing the others continue the walk and on my way back I was carefully sheperded by the 6 sheep in that field, which made me laugh instead of crying.
Otherwise I regularly discover bumps and bruises in the shower and wonder which knock against something caused which one. Itās embarrassing sometimes when youāve got a medical appointment and get a physical examination as truly I can look like a victim of domestic violence sometimes, which Iām certainly not.
Glad you discovered the cause Jon, that lump of kit is pretty darn big, isnāt it?
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Oh that cracks me up Jon!
Just shows you have a full life, if you managed to forget dropping that on your hand!!!
So wish I had a photo of the egg on my hand to add 
. It was quite spectacular!
And @Poo_therapy, havenāt we come a long way?? 
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This has given me a huge smile, thank you 
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My grandma used to look at me lurching around oblivious to hazards and shake her head sadly, muttering āno sense, no feelingā. Best way eh?
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Yes, that is solid steel, quite heavy!
We take our lumps, and keep on trucking!
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Went to the doctors and got a xray, nothing showed up, but she doesnāt want me using my hand for a while. I have to finish a project, where I am putting in oak windowsills, so will have to get some help with that. Then the firemashal came and wrote me up on my wood shop, have to put on some outlet plates, clean up the sawdust, and make it navigable, translation it is a mess! So on top of PsA pain and fatigue, no help, andonly able to work on ittwo days a week, tis a real mash up!
Of course, I found a hairline crack on the xrayā¦ 
Only you @Jon. It does look like an increadibly heavy piece of metal though. Hope it heals up quickly.
If it helps your workshop sounds like itāss resembling my office at home. Did all that clearing away of stuff for Christmas, it got dumped there, itās still thereā¦ Thereās a little space around the laptop for coffee etc but thatās it for now.
You probably know the feeling, exaustion, pain and fatigue is not conducive to cleaning things up! I can stare at it for hoursā¦ 
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