De quervain's tenosynovitis: Learn about the causes

Learn about the causes, symptoms and treatment of De Quervain ' s Tenosynovitis , a painful condition of the wrist tendons. This article is part of a course funded by Plus online learning and requires membership to access. De Quervain tenosynovitis is pain and swelling in the tendons around your thumb, the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis. Patients with de Quervain's tenosynovitis have painful tendons on the thumb side of the wrist. With this condition, grasping or twisting can be painful. De Quervain 's tenosynovitis is inflammation around the tendons in your thumb that leads to painful swelling. It's also called de Quervain 's tendinosis or de Quervain 's...