Left middle finger

Looks like

The third and longest digit: three phalanges on the third metacarpal.

What it does

Central finger of grip, giving strength and reach.

Keeping it well

Trigger finger (catching or locking on bending) is common here and responds to injection or minor surgery.

Its parts

• Middle phalanx of left middle finger
• Distal phalanx of left middle finger
• Proximal phalanx of left middle finger

Related conditions

• Acromegaly
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• De Quervain's tenosynovitis
• Dupuytren's contracture & trigger finger
• Fractures
• Fragility fracture
• Frailty & falls in older age
• Ganglion cyst
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
• Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
• Osteomalacia & rickets
• Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
• Osteoporosis
• Paget's disease of bone
• Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate disease)
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Repetitive strain & overuse injury
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Sarcoma
• Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
• Vitamin D deficiency