General Health Information

DeQuervain’s tendonitis is also recognized as DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis, DeQuervains syndrome and DeQuervains disease.

De Quervain’s tendonitis is a unpleasant condition characterized by pain and swelling on the thumb side of the wrist. De Quervain’s tendonitis is a condition brought on by irritation or swelling of the tendons found along the thumb side of the wrist.

Symptoms of DeQuervain’s Tenosynovitis or Tendonitis of the Thumb

Some symptoms of DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis tendonitis may include the following:

1. Pain and tenderness along a tendon, usually in proximity to the thumb and/or wrist joints.

2. Other symptoms may include stiffness, weakness, numbness and pain in the upper extremity.

For more information on other tendonitis symptoms and treatments visit: Tendonitis of the Thumb