Introduction – What is a bump on the wrist?
A bump is generally a protrusion of the skin due to tissue swelling. This tissue swelling may be unaccompanied or may be reddish and warm. The consistency of the bulge can also vary, ranging from nodular to flat and hard to relatively soft.
Causes – Where does the bump come from?
A common cause of bumps is a bump or fall, causing tissue damage, including small vessels, and more blood to flow to the damaged area. Repair mechanisms are set in motion there so that the increased local blood and other factors in the blood cause the tissue to swell. Another cause of a bump can be an insect bite.
The bump itches or hurts, becomes red and warm. Furthermore, a fall can also be a cause of a bump. If the fall on the wrist has caused a fracture and the bone shifts, you can see a clear, partly shapeless bulge.
This is already painful if only touched or moved. A ganglion on the wrist also leads to a bump. A natural bulge is located on the wrist on the side of the little finger.
This is the Processus styloideus of the ulna, which is somewhat prominent in many people. A ganglion or also a ganglion is a bulge that can be moved elastically. This is caused by a bulge of the joint skin, whereby joint fluid is pressed over a stem into the resulting widening.
More synovial fluid flows into the bulge via a valve mechanism, but cannot flow back into the joint space. Therefore a ganglion can grow very quickly. In many cases, ganglions are found on the back of the hand, but they can also occur on tendon sheaths.
Especially women between the ages of 20 and 40 are affected. Find out more about the topics here:
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If you fall on your hand or wrist, something more serious can often happen. If the wrist hurts after a fall, swells quickly and becomes warm, this may indicate a fracture.
Other indications of a fracture are pain in the affected area when touched or moved. A sure sign of a fracture is when the hand protrudes from the forearm at a non-physiological angle. This means that the position of the hand in relation to the arm no longer corresponds to the normal range of movement that can normally be made with the hand.
But a fall on the palm of the hand, the back of the hand or directly on the wrist does not necessarily result in a direct fracture. A bruise can also cause swelling, redness and warming of the area. If pain occurs after a fall, a doctor should always be consulted. Here you can find out everything about the topic: Wrist fracture
