A tenossinovite de De Quervain é uma condição dolorosa que afeta os tendões do lado do polegar do pulso. Você sente dor ao girar o pulso, agarrar qualquer coisa ou fechar o punho. É causada pela inflamação do tendão na base do polegar. Isso pode ser causado por ações repetitivas.

Raridade: Incomum

Principais sintomas

Tratamento

Você deve visitar seu médico de atenção primária para confirmar o diagnóstico e discutir as opções de tratamento. Você também pode reduzir a dor e o inchaço com analgésicos de venda livre, como o ibuprofeno (Advil, Motrin) enaproxeno (Aleve).

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Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD, MPH.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dr. Rothschild has been a faculty member at Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He currently practices as a hospitalist at Newton Wellesley Hospital. In 1978, Dr. Rothschild received his MD at the Medical College of Wisconsin and trained in internal medicine followed by a fellowship in critical care medicine. He also received an MP...

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