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I have a lump

testme4_training
testme4_training Member Posts: 4
edited 10. Jan 2020, 09:46 in Living with arthritis 78.148.102.91

I have a lump, about 1cm down from my middle finger on my right hand. It's been there for years, as it doesn't hurt I kept forgetting to ask about it.

Apparently it is some kind of swelling which could be injected with steroid to reduce it but as that raises the risk of infection, and it will probably return, I've decided to leave well alone. (I have PsA and OA, I reckon it is PsA-related or just one of those things). My husband has had a pea-sized lump on his forearm for over twenty years, it's a small ganglion.

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  • Testme3_Training
    Testme3_Training Member Posts: 4
    78.148.102.91

    It may be sensible to make a GPs appointment to have it checked, benign lumps are part-and-parcel of the human condition but until one is sure it is in that group it can make one fret. DD