What Causes Sausage Digits?
Commonly Caused by Skin Infections, Such as Streptococcus or Staphylococcus, This Form of Dactylitis Occurs Due to an Opening in the Skin Allowing the...
Commonly caused by skin infections, such as Streptococcus or Staphylococcus, this form of dactylitis occurs due to an opening in the skin allowing the infection to get inside the body. Blistering distal dactylitis can be extremely painful and may produce lesions or blisters on or near the affected area.
How do you treat sausage digits?
The first drug your doctor recommends for dactylitis will probably be a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, or NSAID. These medications ease swelling and pain.
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Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
- Ibuprofen.
- Meloxicam (Mobic)
- Nabumetone (Relafen)
- Naproxen.
- Sulindac (Clinoril)
What do sausage fingers indicate?
Dactylitis is a symptom that is most often seen in patients who have inflammatory Psoriatic or Rheumatoid arthritis, which are auto-immune diseases. It is also known as “Sausage Finger” or “Sausage Toe” because of the localized, painful swelling that causes digits to look like sausages.
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