Possible causes of Hand, finger ache or pain
48 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.
- Arthritis (joint swelling) Common
- Carpal tunnel syndrome (wrist nerve compression) Common
- Cellulitis (skin infection) Common Pediatric
- Contusion (bruise) Common Pediatric
- Hand fracture Common Pediatric
- Tendonitis (tendon inflammation) Common
- Tenosynovitis (tendon sheath inflammation) Common Pediatric
- Osteoarthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Abrasions
- Burns Urgent
- Cervical myelopathy (spinal cord compression) Urgent
- Cervical radiculopathy (pinched nerve in neck)
- Chemical burn
- Chronic pain
- Cubital tunnel syndrome
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis (tendon inflammation)
- Dislocation (joint out of place)
- Environmental exposure (cold, hypothermia) Urgent
- Extremity trauma (leg or arm injury)
- Fibromyalgia
- Finger fracture
- Finger laceration (skin cut)
- Finger pulp infection (felon)
- Foreign body in a wound Urgent
- Fracture (broken bone)
- Gangrene Urgent
- Gout (uric acid crystals in the joint causing inflammation)
- Hand laceration (skin cut)
- Hematoma (collection of blood)
- Ingrown nail (onychocryptosis)
- Lateral epicondylitis of elbow (tennis elbow)
- Ligament sprain
- Lymphangitis (lymph tissue inflammation)
- Mallet finger (finger tendon rupture)
- Muscle spasm (charley horse)
- Muscle strain (pulled muscle)
- Necrotizing fasciitis (soft tissue infection) Urgent
- Paronychia (nail bed infection)
- Peripheral neuropathy (nerve dysfunction)
- Peripheral vascular disease (blocked arteries)
- Psoriasis
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Synovitis (toxic or transient)
- Tendon laceration (tendon cut) Urgent
- Wound infection (cut infection) Urgent