Me - 16, female, healthy person
I have a lump on the back of my right hand/wrist which my mum says is a ganglion cyst.
It's about the size of a marble ... not painful unless pressure is applied .... not attatched to the skin.
If it is a ganglion do I need to see anyone...if its not what else could it be?
Thanks x
2007-12-20 11:08:08 · 16 answers · asked by welsh_chick_91 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Knowing me if I hit with something i'll break a bone in my hand.
2007-12-20 11:14:07 · update #1
Everyone seems to think its a ganglion cyst so i am officially self diagnosing myself with one of them :D
I'll leave it for now, see what it does .. it's been two months already though.
Thanks for all your answers.
x
2007-12-20 11:21:04 · update #2
been there seen it done it . it is a ganglion and i had one at
about 14 and put up with it without any problems other than cosmetically until i started nursing the elderly when i was 28.
the elderly patients being confused used to grab at my wrists a lot and over time this became more and more painful to my wrist with the ganglion so at 38 i had it surgically removed,a common procedure which involved general anaesthetic a small incision the removal of the cyst ,all done in the same morning/afternoon!a few years on (now) i can hardly see the scar but the ganglion came back soon after the op(this is common apparently )but i must admit its much smaller nowadays and it doesn't hurt like it used to.!
2007-12-20 11:29:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like what I have on my left pinky finger-which is a ganglion cyst. I saw a doctor when I was about 12 about it (and I'm 25 now). Its never caused me problems unless I hit it REALLY hard, in which case its swollen a bit and been annoying. Doc said it could be removed, but there would be a lot of function loss doing so-and since it didn't really bother me, it wasn't necessary. If its getting bigger, my experience says just give it time to go back down & size, and you should be fine. But, of course, see your doc.
2016-04-10 10:22:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A ganglion is a lump which is filled with a jelly like substance, u cud go to ur gp who might refer u to a specialist to have it seen to. this normally involves a needle being stuck into the lump an the jelly stuff drawn out into a syringe
2007-12-20 11:23:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it very well could be.I had one on the back of my wrist.
From repititive movement.Knitting,sports working with your
hand.Anyways I was going to have it surgically removed
and the doctor suggested I bang it like on the table to pop
the fluid in it.I thought he was nuts but he was an old war doctor.
who I don't see anymore,but I tried it I banged my wrist on
the table and popped the fluid.It literally shrunk way down
and I didn't need surgery anymore.
2007-12-20 11:13:45 · answer #4 · answered by crystal c 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had one there. It went then came back again a year or so later, then went away for good. Should go away on its own in time
Go to the doctor and get it checked out if you're not sure though
2007-12-20 11:28:43 · answer #5 · answered by StretfordEnder 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have one too in the same place! I did go to the doctors but she said unless it actually caused any pain it was pointless doing anything with it. She advised if it gets painful to go back and they will consider a minor op just to whip it out!
2007-12-20 11:14:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - sounds like a ganglion.
In the old days they used to wallop it with a bible to sort it out (it only hurts for a little while!)
It will quite possibly go away on its own but your doctor can help if it is causing you any grief.
2007-12-20 11:12:19 · answer #7 · answered by Hedge Witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-24 02:21:02 · answer #8 · answered by Burgess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my 19 yr old daughter has same and its quite large we have consulted doc couple of times about it and first time they said leave it, second time when it was bit bigger they said if it bothered her they would remove it, however she didnt want to then but it s bothering her now so we are making an appt in the new year. old fashioned way was to bash it with a book but the doc said thats not recommended
2007-12-20 23:42:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have any joint pain especially to the jaw? If so it could be onset of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and sincerely hope that you don't. I wouldn't hit it until you know for sure what it is.
2007-12-20 11:33:09 · answer #10 · answered by rock n roll chick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋