Carpal tunnel is a possibility, but I doubt it would attack both hands the same way at the exact same time. I hope you feel better.

It could be fibro. It attacks your joints! You get on here and type and put good ol wear and tear on them.

I also think anyone with fibro is a candidate for arthritis. Tell your dr you want that blood work done. He can call the order in where ever you want it done. RA runs strongly in families.

My hands have been hurting bad too and i've had to slow down on my typing. I am also doing some exercises with them that I asked about in another room *. I roll a ball on the table with my hands. I gently stretch them. I was squeezing the ball, but that was making my pain worse. I am now squeezing a wash clothe, much better. I also am wrapping my hands in warm wash clothes.

If your dr doesn't listen though get into a rheumy. If you are able to with your drs consent take ibuprophen for inflammation.

Hope you find some relief soon,

Toni

Slight stretching may be a little more helpful than squeezing....
Helps me a little..
As everyone knows...'cause it keeps me from typing...this is a source of constant frustration for me...
My docs are thinking auto-immune-mixed connectice tissue disease..
Isn't RA an auro-immune.......
Try to push your doc to xhexk that, Dixie...

I have multiple health yuck....but the hand thing may drive me the most...'cause it disconnects me from here..
Dixie....YOU NEED YOUR HANDS to ve as well as possible...if your doc won't address it....get another....
Toni's right...RA runs in families...and with fivro for some.
Hugs...jc..

Thanks everyone. I'll try some warm wraps.

I don't know what I'm going to do about a dr. No rhuemy's in my area. And I don't want to drive 2.5 hours to see one.
I do have some CP specialists in my area, but I think I just need a good dr. since I just have fibro & DDD. I'm trying to ask around about Dr.'s
So far I haven't had any luck.

BTW, this pain is in the finger joints of every finger ...both hands:(

I am so sorry. Good advise too! Sometimes I find that moist heat is good. Do get those blood tests AASAP (right) we know how that goes. He should have done it when you asked him. Sometimes I take a bright colored post it with the tests I would like done. That works sometimes. lv u hang in there Dixie.

I wonder if that arthritis cream that Cherrychang mentionned a week or so ago might help. I think it was called voltaren. I recall her saying that it really helped on her knees.

Just an idea. I have never tried it myself.
Hugs,
Cindy

Voltaren Gel is a script that is $50 a tube if you don't have insurance. And why, when I'm hurtng as much as I am now, do I forget to use the stuff!

Hugs,
Cherry

Yeah, Ive got hand pain too. Some days they feel like they are on fire :( I noticed that keeping them flat was helpful. Also I have to watch at night how I position them. The other pain makes me tense up and sometimes I clench my hands without realizing it. Another CPer I know had the same issue - wore hand splints to bed for awhile. Hope you get to the bottom of it soon. I'm waiting for my docs to talk and decide who gets the lucky straw for overseeing more testing on me.
Take care, raggedy

Voltaren helps my hands, elbows, shoulder, hips, knees and feet, LOL.
I told my dr I'd be using it as my new body lotion everywhere a few times a day. My script had 6 big tubes and I'm down to my last one now. I read yesterday that Vicks vapor rub works great on your hands. I haven't tried it yet but I will soon.

I have arthritis in both hands and tendinopathy. So I try anything suggested. Hope you feel better soon.

I would make a appt and only address that situation and maybe he will not be able to forget that. I think to me it sounds like arthritis of the hands as my grandma had it and she really had a hard time with it and them burning all the time.

Just another, complaining of hand pain. Un-dx. I'm always putty my hand in hand dish water at the restaurant to get relief. worst in morning. sorry no suggestions so you get extra hug and hope.

Dan

Hi Dixe. There are many things it could be. I hope it's not the beginnings of RSD.

Gentle hugs.

Dixie,
I would suggest you go to the doctor but this can be fibro. I have pain in my hands, they get stiff and they do burn, I also have tingling in my fingers. Your hands can also be cold all the time. if you have blue moons near you cuticles it is a syndrome but they don't usually do anything for it. I have problems with my hand also. Typing is harder. I can 't grab things as well and it isn't unsually for them to burn. I have had this happen in my elbows and arms over the last year or two. My doctor had me do a stretch to rule out carpal tunnel. But it is always good to go to the doctor to get checked for arthritis and RA. My grandmother has it so I have been checked several times. But it can just be fibro. I am sorry there a lot of wierd effect of fibro. I have a ton of them. My list is just plain nuts. Stretching them and not over using them in repetative actions. More repeative more they hurt. Do look into finger stretches. Good luck. I use tyenol rub and it helps a bit but mostly heat is what helps the most.

I've been using Noxemia for burning pain and even for my back pain. I'm going to try this for my hands and i'll let you know how it works for me.

Call your dr tomorrow and get that blood test set up, ask to talk to his nurse. Tell her you want to get a blood test for RA done at where ever you go. All hospitals do this.

Hugs