I have pain in my wrist joint, and cannot apply any pressure to my wrist. Could it be a ganglion cyst?

I have had a bulge in my wrist before. I just had a baby 3 weeks ago, and throughout my pregnancy, I did not have any wrist pain or I didn't see the bulge. Why now that I am not pregnant, did it come back? My wrist is so sensitive, I can't put any pressure on it. What can I do????

I have pain in my wrist joint, and cannot apply any pressure to my wrist. Could it be a ganglion cyst?
definitely go get it checked out my husband and doctors thought he had that and it ended up being mpnst a type of cancer. i know i just probably scared you but go get it checked out.
Reply:I have had the wrist pain before. It was even in my ankles. It turned out that I had a pretty bad bacterial infection. It only took some antibiotics but it sure was painful.
Reply:I have a ganglion cyst in my wrist, too, and I have found that when I overuse my wrist in certain ways it will cause the cyst to flare up (for example, driving for long periods of time).





You have a new baby so you are probably using your wrist in a lot of ways that you didn't before - changing diapers, holding the baby while feeding her/him, bathing the baby, etc. It could just be that overuse has caused an irritation of the cyst.





HOWEVER....if it is as painful as you are describing, you really need to see your doctor to be sure that it is only a ganglion cyst and not something more serious.
Reply:I've actually heard that pregnancy can cause carpal tunnel syndrome and cause it to subside. Sounds odd to me but I've never been pregnant lol! But I have carpal tunnel syndrom and oooooooh boy does it hurt and do I ever have that same bulge you're talking about.





Nothing brings me relief at all but resting my hands when they start to go to sleep and numb/hurt. As for that sensitivity I can only tell you to see your doctor. I mentioned that lump and the doctor was not surprised at all and people I know who have had it knew just what I was talking about.





But as the other answerers said, go to your doctor because it could be a number of things. Just don't worry too much because you don't want to be treated for stress on top of the problem! Good luck to you with your new baby!
Reply:Probably. My niece (she's 6) just had one removed on tuesday. Go to the emergency room. They have to perform a proceudre to drain it. Good luck.
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Reply:I don't understand why people ask these kinds of questions on yahoo answers.





You should be making a doctor's appt. to find out.