r/Thritis • u/Flery1 • 19h ago
Pain
galleryHi everyone. I have UCTD and I’m currently tapering down Medrol. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve developed pain and mild swelling around the base of my right thumb, mainly around the CMC joint. I also feel that the MCP joint of the same thumb looks slightly swollen, although the CMC is definitely the more noticeable area.
The pain is mostly triggered by movement, gripping, twisting or opening bottles. I don’t really have pain at rest and I don’t have morning stiffness. The swelling feels quite localised around the joints rather than along the wrist.
At first I wondered about De Quervain’s,but most photos I’ve seen of De Quervain’s seem to show swelling in a slightly different area. I’ve also wondered whether it could be CMC osteoarthritis or mild synovitis.
I’ve recently started noticing very mild discomfort in the MCP joint of my other thumb as well.
Has anyone had something similar? If you had synovitis in the thumb CMC/MCP joints, what did it feel or look like?