unexplained sudden brusing/redness at base of finger with swelling & numbness

Guets over a year ago

Whatever might cause the swelling and numbness, the picture shown on the link to the "answer" doesn't show any of that. It shows discoloration, but no purple or swelling. So I'm not sure the symptoms my wife is experiencing...purple swelling at the base of one of her fingers and numbness IS Reynaud's Phenomenen. If it last more than a day or so, probably a trip to the doc

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Mr Angry334088 over a year ago

I'm currently experiencing repeated occurrences similar to yours, symptoms as follows: Initial purple bruise develops on back of knuckle on any finger in either hand; this is excruciatingly painful to the touch & my finger goes stuff, numb & unresponsive above the bruise site. If I don't use the hand it goes away in between 10 minutes - several hours. If I persist in using the hand I've had the blood vessel rupture & a starburst of blood radiate from the site of the bruise all over the affected finger, the finger then went an angry purple & swelled to twice the size- this took a good week to recover. That happened November 2013 & since then I have learnt to recognise the signs & have managed to prevent further bursts. Following that episode I saw my GP who diagnosed my condition as 'neurapraxia'; this is part of H.A.V.S. (Hand/ arm vibration syndrome) apparently but I'm not sure the symptoms match exactly but they're similar. I've been a landscaper for the last 20 years so it's not difficult to work out where I've got this from- do you work with your hands? I'm not sure who to see about the condition & management of it, my GP was helpful but specialist advice would be ideal- don't really want to hang up my trowel approaching 40 years old!

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somegirl101 over a year ago

I also had sudden pain in the first joint and noticed immediate bruising. I massaged the area until the purple went away even though it hurt and took some aspirin right after. It went away right away. Blood clot??? IDK.

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Guest over a year ago

I've had this happen a few times also,only to fingers...no trauma, just an acute starnge sensation and then bruising and swelling. looked up symptoms and found Achenbach's Syndrome which seems to fit all the parameters...worth checking out...

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Guest over a year ago

This happened to me yesterday and now my finger is really black....not sure what it is. It was throbbing really bad then bang its turned colors...

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jen a340415 over a year ago

i am 46 years old and my middle finger turns blue and purple and swells and my finger gets big and i can not bind it and i know that i have'nt hurt my finger just my middle finger it has happend 2 times in the last 2 days today it tingles all day to day and it stayed swollen to day

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Guest over a year ago

I just had this happen for the first time with my right index finger a couple of days ago i felt a sharp pain at the inside bend of my knuckle closest to my palm and I started have an achy feeling I thought I might have gotten a splinter or something but I never could see anything and within a few min it started to bruise and swell and the next day ( yesterday) it seemed like it was gonna go on down and I could bend it again But then yesterday evening it started swelling again and is still swelling and the achy is be coming worse along with numbing and pressure pain and the swelling is starting to move down my hand and into my middle finger and now into the inside of my forearm I am 27 years old female

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karen over a year ago

Yes I do....my right thumb has been getting affected in this way...swollen...tight....blue like blood...numb but freexing cold...happens seversl times a week for past few months...im 51...

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zoozy726 over a year ago

another sufferer here. Was picking up a small bunch of dry flowers & thought I had been bitten by a bug/spider. I ran to the sink, (cold water) & then watched the purplish bruise form on the base of the first knuckle near the tip of my ring finger. *This has only happened once before to a different knuckle. Not sure what to think. No pain unless I press on it. (first thought was broken vessel but WHY ?!) 'Wondering why no Dr seems to be interested in this or has a thought.

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Guest over a year ago

Forgot to mention I am 52.

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Guest over a year ago

I am a 64 year old female and this is the first time this has happened to me. All of a sudden my left index finger (the pad near the palm) started swelling while I was watering plants. I iced it for a while and then massaged it. The next day, it had turned black, blue and purple and had traveled closer to my finger tip. I feel better having read the experiences people have had with this. I take aspirin daily, but I still thought it might have been some kind of blood clot, but a broken vein seems more likely. Weird!

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Guest over a year ago

Clot or vein bursting

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Guest over a year ago

I woke up with my left ring finger blue and red and bruised on palm side. Why would this happen no injury did I do something to it while sleeping? No pain..little swelling...it's not a clot issue is it? strange....

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Guest over a year ago

indexfinger suddenly turned dark red

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Guest over a year ago

index finger suddenly turned dark red. What is this?

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