Trigger finger is a painful condition that makes your fingers or thumb catch or lock when you bend them. It can affect any finger or more than one finger at a time. You can also have it in both hands.

Trigger finger is a condition in which a person’s finger locks or catches if they try to straighten or bend it. Most people experience trigger finger in the fourth (ring) finger or the thumb, but it ...

If you have trigger finger, also known as stenosing tenosynovitis, you’re familiar with the pain from having a finger or thumb stuck in a curled position. It can hurt whether or not you’re using your ...

Trigger finger—also known as stenosing tenosynovitis—is a painful condition where fingers get stuck in a bent, trigger-ready position. It occurs when the sheath that encases the finger's tendon, or ...

“One morning, I woke up and my finger was stuck in a bent position,” says Risa Pulver, who’s lived with type 1 diabetes for 35 years. “I had to physically unbend it.” This was just a few years ago, ...

Locked fingers, known as trigger finger, are more common among people with diabetes than in the general population. A study shows that the risk of being affected increases in the case of high blood ...