Mayo Clinic Minute: Is your thumb pain de Quervain’s tenosynovitis?

Pain at the base of your thumb?! ⁉️ You might have De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis, sometimes called “mommy wrist.” This condition involves inflammation of the tendons on the thumb side of your wrist. Symptoms: • Pain starting on the thumb side of your wrist, it can appear suddenly or gradually, often traveling up the forearm. It worsens with thumb or wrist use. • Swelling on the thumb side of the wrist. • A catching or snapping sensation when moving your thumb. • Difficulty moving your thumb and wr