WHAT IS IT?
These are non-cancerous lumps, which develop along the tendons located around your wrist. These lumps filled with jelly like fluid, are frequently called cysts, and they average around an inch in diameter. They become painful when pressing on nearby nerves.
WHAT CAUSES IT?
Synovial fluid is located around the small joints of the wrists. When this fluid leaks out from these spaces, they form ganglion cysts. No one knows the true cause for this condition to take place.
SYMPTOMS
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- Round/Oval shaped cyst located around the wrist area.
- Painless unless the cyst formed presses on nearby nerves.
- Numbness and tingling may sometimes be present.
- Fair amount of difficulty with gripping objects.
TREATMENT
If the cyst is not causing any pain then it is recommended to leave the cyst alone, these cysts are not harmful.
- Aspiration is a procedure done to drain the built up fluid causing the cyst, however, this usually results in a 50% return rate of the condition.
- Steriod injections can reduce swelling.
- Short-term immobilization of the wrist using a splint to aid in the size reduction of the cyst.
- Surgery can be done to remove the cyst; however, there is a change of it returning.