Wrist Bumps

Phenax · l33t Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 972

Well, I don't have them anymore, but when I was a child I had wrist bumps for a multiple of years. The doctors said they didn't know what it was. After a bit of googling, the only real thing I could find is a Ganglion cyst -- but these are described as soft, rubbery bumps. My bumps were as hard as a rock. I'm really curious as to what these bumps were.

Any ideas? (They are completely gone now)

dforsyth · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject:

teh canzor?
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coriolan · Apprentice Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 273

I had also one in my left wrist, which I believe it was correlated with my arm being twisted a bit too much in a self defense training. Also as you said it was not soft but hard as bone. My doctor said it was probably caused by excess fluid in the joint. It was sour sometimes, but eventually went mostly away.

vputz · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject:

I'd bet on ganglion cysts as well; I have them too, and one in particular has come and gone for several years (over 15 now!); sometimes it's soft, sometimes it's pretty firm. I've tried bashing it with a book as per my doctor (they don't recommend this any more, by the way), had it rupture on its own, whatever; it comes back. Not a big deal, just a little gross. Not even too noticeable unless I hold my hand at a 90 degree angle to my arm.

They're harmless. You can probably have it drained by a doctor if it bugs you too much.

bilbravo · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:00 pm Post subject:

I know this is gross, but it is somewhat related. I had a cyst-type bump in my backside, where my buttocks meet, rigth at the top of the "crack". It wasn't a pilondial (sp?) cyst, but I cannot remember the term at the moment.

While I was in school, it would ooze out brownish red secretions and sometimes stain my pants! Talk about embarrassing.

The doctor cut it open and squeezed it all out, and I took something or it was cleaned out--never came back. It sure did reek during this process though. And hurt, oh my how it hurt. Right before the time that I went to the doctor (I was fed up with the pain) I could not sit down at all.
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ashnikes · n00b Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 6

One of my co-workers had a cist in his wrist, the army surgically removed it
but it grew back, hes going to get it removed again, it was hard like yours, he made me touch it before, ugh, i cant believe i said that in an online forum.

asiobob · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:07 am Post subject:

I want pics

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freelight · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject:

/dev/random · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject:

Yeah I have one of those too. It seems to be slowly shrinking. When I first noticed it a few months ago it was fairly visible if I titled my hand down. Like the OP's mine is pretty hard, but it's nothing to worry about.

egoist · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:53 am Post subject:

Maybe it's nature's signal to hold back the masturbation urge.. you know, like speed bumps.

asiobob · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:51 am Post subject:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ganglion-cyst.jpg

chronophobic · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:16 am Post subject:

A colleague of mine used to complain about something similar (hard big bumps on his wrists), but I never cared to try and touch them or investigate further. He said those things kept growing though. It's the first time that I've heard of such a formation, but now I see it's a lot more common than I thought.
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