What is forearm pain?

Forearm pain is any discomfort, soreness or pain in the part of the arm lying between the elbow and wrist. It may occur on its own or be present with arm pain as a whole, elbow pain, wrist pain, hand and finger pain. The pain may only be present when moving the forearm, hands or fingers since many of the muscles of these neighboring parts are located within the forearm. Alternatively, the pain may be present and persist even when the forearm is stationary. Sometimes forearm pain is not due to any problem within the forearm or neighboring structures. Instead it emanates from the root of the spinal nerve with pain been felt along the course of the nerve down the upper arm and forearm to the hands and fingers.

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The fingers are thin appendages at the end of the hand. Each digit is individually controlled by various muscles with a long tendons lying in the hand or forearm. Most of the finger is occupied by bone, tendons, ligaments with fascia and varying amounts of subcutaneous fat. There are no muscles in the fingers of despite the digits being the most flexible parts of the human body. It also has a high concentration of sensory receptors particularly on the pads of the fingertips thereby making it one of the most parts of the body, second only to the genitalia. Although the fingers are such small structures, it is highly prone injury as it is the most active parts of the body.

Why do the fingers swell?

Swelling is the accumulation of fluid within tissue thereby causing it to increase in size and compress against surrounding structures. In terms of that fingers, the swelling may be in the tissue around the bone (soft tissue swelling), in the bone itself (bony swelling) or the joints of the fingers (joint swelling). It is important to identify exactly which areas swollen as the causes and differ for each location of swelling within the finger. Sometimes a mass or collection of fluid may also cause localized swelling rather than enlargement of the finger as a whole.

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What are the fingers?

The human finger is a flexible, long and thin extension of the hand commonly referred to as the digits. The fingers on the hands correspond to the toes of the feet. Humans have five fingers on each hand and a significant feature in humans is the opposable thumb. Apart from the flexibility of the human fingers which make it such a useful appendage of the hand, there is also a high concentration of receptors in the finger which means it is also an important sense organ.

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What is thigh pain?

Thigh pain is any discomfort, soreness or pain in the area lying between the pelvis and knee. In most instances it is due to muscle and tendon pain, but can be associated with any disease or disorder of the ligaments, bone, joints, blood vessels or nerves in the thigh. Sometimes the problem may originate from the pelvis, groin or lower back and radiate to the thigh or cause referred pain to the thigh.

The thigh is the part of the lower limb between the pelvis and a knee. It is mainly a muscular part of the body with a single long bone known as the femur. The thigh carries the weight of the upper body, transfers it down to the lower leg and feet, and also aids with mobility. The muscles of the thigh can be divided into three separate compartments, each of which has its own blood and nerve supply. It has some of the largest muscles of the body, which aid with abduction and adduction, flexion and extension at the hip and knee joint.

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Hand Knuckles

The knuckles refers to the joints of the fingers and toes and in particular to the bony bumps located by these joints. The term is more common when referring to the hand and especially to the head of the hand bones where it meets the finger bones. The hand knuckles are most prominent when the hand is clenched into a fist. It is easily injured when the hands and fingers, particularly when clenched, strikes against any object because there is very little tissue surrounding and protecting it. However, there are several other causes of knuckle pain that may not be caused by injury and can be related to underlying diseases with severe complications.

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