Dactylitis🖖🏻
Dactylitis is inflammation of a digit (either finger or toe) and is derived from the Greek word dactylos meaning finger. The affected fingers and/or toes swell up into a sausage shape and can become painful. _common Causes are: •Infection Blistering distal dactylitis Tuberculous dactylitis Syphilitic dactylitis •Spondyloarthritis •Gout •Sarcoidosis •Sickle-cell dactylitis
Depends on the underlying cause, Dactylitis caused from infectious agents can be treated with appropriate antibiotics. The clinical symptoms in sickle-cell dactylitis are self-limiting, Swelling and pain usually subsides spontaneously without any medical or surgical treatment. The duration of symptoms may range from several days to a month. It rarely causes permanent damage but in some cases may result in shortening of the fingers as a result of premature fusion of the epiphyseal plates. In other types of dactylitis, treating the cause is the main form of therapy. This may involve immunosuppressive medications, or in gout, treatment to reduce serum uric acid. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications and local injections of corticosteroid may help with symptom control.