Sausage digits

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Something I don't see a lot about here in discussion is something I have

read about called sausage digits. I didn't plan on having the problem (Silly

Me) and so I know little of it.

Anyone here have the problem now or in the past? I woke up with a strange

feeling in my right hand, of course I am right handed.

Does this go away rather quickly or is it one of those things that stays

with me for a while? I had noticed yesterday that my space bar on the

keyboard wasn't working right (OK I confess, I knew ir was my hand.) When I

got up this morning I thought nothing of the discomfort due to many other

things wrong with hands, etc., but as I tried to do things I looked at my

hand and was sort of surprised to see what was staring back at me. It

doesn't work very well and it has taken twice the time to write this that it

usually does.

Any suggestions? Right now I plan to call my doc and see what he says and if

I can't get through his army of hussies who always think I don't need to

talk to him. I am going to write a letter that he has to sign for so I know

he gets it. I know that slows it down, but that's the only way I can know

that he gets the letter. I had already planned to see if I can get to a new

rheumy in Atlanta and maybe now is the time.

Hope that none of you woke with any rude surprises this morning.

GA

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after a flight back from china to my home a few years ago, my entire right foot

was inflamed and it was quite noticable. the doctor sent me for tests to see if

it was possibly deep vein thrombosis, related to flying long distances in

economy class. tests revealed nothing and after several days the inflamation

mostly disappeared and that was it.

james

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> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 07:23:37 -0500

> From: " Herring " <countryms@...>

> Subject: Sausage digits

>

> Something I don't see a lot about here in discussion is something I have

> read about called sausage digits. <I***SNIP***>

>

> GA

Hi ,

Yes, I suffer from " sausage toes " and " sausage fingers. " For me, the toes

seem to be a fairly constant thing. As to my fingers, that comes and goes.

I use a paraffin spa a lot and that helps me, to a certain extent.

Another thing I used and still use, before I got the paraffin spa was to use

a foot bath, like Dr. Scholl's makes, for both hands and fet. It's electric,

vibrates and heats as well. I use ... oh bloody whatever! I can't remember

the crystals you use in it! You can get them at any pharmacy/chemist -- and

they're usually in a carton. They're clear and they dissolve in water. It's a

very common thing.

But either way, with the paraffin spa or the foot bath, you need to

moisturize after because both take the oils off your skin. And if you have PA

like I

do, it makes a difference.

My rheumy told me, unless I wanted to get back on steroids, which I don't, to

use Lubriderm. It works fairly well.

Good luck, .

Best,

in Texas

HLA-B27+ - diagnosed '87; PA, ReA, Osteo, Reiter's, Raynaud's, Sjogren's ...

and too many more to list.

This last Christmas, my Mom bought me a pair of " therapy gloves. " They look

like those driving gloves where the very end of the fingers are cut off, but

they're stretchable and compress your hands and fingers. They *do* help a lot,

but you can only wear them for a little while or they become TOO constrictive

and actually cut off blood flow.

Wish I could help more.