Symptoms: this disease mostly occurs in the palm of thumb and middle finger, especially when you wake up in the morning. Fingers are characterized by flexion and extension dysfunction, pain sometimes radiates to the wrist, and there is tenderness at the flexion of finger joints, which can touch the thickened tendon sheath and pea-sized nodules. When bending the affected finger, it suddenly stays in the semi-bending position, and the finger can neither be straightened nor bent, just like being suddenly "stuck". After pulling with the other hand, the finger can move again, which produces the action and snapping sound similar to pulling the bolt, so it is also called "trigger finger" or "snapping finger".
Treatment: The treatment of wrist tenosynovitis depends on the degree of the individual. For patients with mild symptoms, only a few rest parts are needed to heal themselves. For patients with severe symptoms, besides taking more rest, they also need to rely on the power of drugs for treatment:
Traditional Chinese medicine mainly treats tenosynovitis of wrist joint in the form of traditional black plaster-Anshuan Xiaoyan ointment.
A sheath anti-inflammatory plaster is a black Chinese medicinal plaster, which is composed of Olibanum, Myrrha, Glycyrrhrizae Radix, Caulis et Folium Gaultheriae Yunnanensis, Herba Ephedrae, Herba Lysimachiae Christinae, Cortex Acanthopanacis, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, etc. It follows the principles of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, relieving swelling and pain, and can drive away exogenous pathogens caused by cold and dampness, dredge meridians, harmonize qi and blood, transmit them to meridians and bones through skin, stimulate the regulating function of the body, make qi and blood run smoothly and improve local circulation.