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MSH: General or unspecified injuries involving the fingers.,MEDLINEPLUS: <p>You use your fingers and thumbs to do everything from grasping objects to playing musical instruments to typing on a keyboard. When there is something wrong with them, it can make life difficult. Common problems include</p><ul><li>Injuries that result in <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/fractures.html'>fractures</a>, ruptured ligaments and <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/dislocations.html'>dislocations</a></li><li><a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/osteoarthritis.html'>Osteoarthritis</a> - wear-and-tear arthritis, which can also cause deformity</li><li><a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tendinitis.html'>Tendinitis</a> - irritation of the tendons</li><li>Dupuytren's contracture - a hereditary thickening of the tough tissue that lies just below the skin of your palm, which causes the fingers to stiffen and bend</li><li>Trigger finger - an irritation of the sheath that surrounds the flexor tendons
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