Dactylodynia

**Dactylodynia** is a type of pain in the finger (usually the thumb or index finger). This is the name for the type of pain that is felt not under pressure on the finger, but above it, on the very surface of the skin.

A synonym for Dactidonia is Dupuytren's Tenosynovitis, an inflammatory disease associated with the anatomical features of the aponeurosis ligaments of the hands. Pathological changes that form Dupuytren's tenosynovitis develop only in the tendons of the finger flexor muscles, leaving all other systems completely unharmed. Dactydynia manifests itself as pain, predominantly constant dull or aching, in the area of ​​the finger and palm. The pain intensifies with exertion or the slightest movement. The skin around the lesion becomes swollen, tense, reddened, and cyanotic. Often, patients are affected not only by the synovial membrane, but also by the papillary body, supra- and subacromial tendons. Isolated dactyllia may occur - a pathological condition in which the focus of pain is on one nail phalanx of the finger, while the remaining phalanges are intact. The palmar lunula shrinks to the size of a small hole and is practically impossible to diagnose. A typical complaint will be shooting pain, similar to an electric shock. With pathological processes in the joint, deformation of the thumb(s) occurs, combined with a change in its functionality. All this time, the patient is afraid to use the sore finger again, which leads to a deterioration in motor activity, because due to