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What Causes Tightness And Swelling Up Of Hands?

my mother age 75 has began to see tightness and swollen hands more affected by cold temperature we have been seeing specialist and now a biopsy on her hand has been scheduled her fear is that it could be scholoroma I believe that is the spelling how concerned should we be and what are treatments she has read up on this and is very depressed and scared
Tue, 9 Aug 2016
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Well come to HCM
I really appreciate your concern, it is he geriatric symptoms, the big disease can not the decided like that and it needed lot of test and clinical test then and then it is being diagnosed so better not to think about such big diagnosis hope this information helps.
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What Causes Tightness And Swelling Up Of Hands?

HI Well come to HCM I really appreciate your concern, it is he geriatric symptoms, the big disease can not the decided like that and it needed lot of test and clinical test then and then it is being diagnosed so better not to think about such big diagnosis hope this information helps.