I will share four aspects: symptoms and treatment of skin cysts.

A skin cyst has developed on the back of my hand.

At first, I thought it was a lump or a bone, and when I bent my wrist, it hurt and seemed like a bone was protruding.

The X-ray results from the orthopedic consultation indicated a common skin cyst (fluid-filled sac).

 

✅Definition

A disease characterized by cyst formation on the palm, back of the hand, wrist, fingers, and ankle

It occurs in the membrane surrounding the joint and appears as a lump under the skin.

If you use your hands frequently, they grow larger; if you don't use them, they become smaller or disappear.

More common in women than men, especially in their 10s to 30s.

 

✅Cause

Not yet diagnosed

It is known that the cells surrounding tendons or joints degenerate, produce mucin, and form a lump.

 

✅Symptoms

It jumps out when you bend or move your wrist.

It feels firm and painful.

 

✅ Diagnosis

Orthopedic consultation X-ray results show no abnormalities in the bones; they are normal.

It was a Himalayan skin cyst (sebaceous cyst).

 

 

✅ Treatment

Using a long needle syringe that almost reached the back of the hand in the treatment room, I drew out the mucus hidden inside the skin cyst, and the skin cyst quickly flattened.

Fortunately, at the point when I felt okay, a skin cyst reappeared, and I also complained of pain.

I went back to the orthopedic department and used a long needle to remove the mucous from the skin cyst, and there was hardly any trace that a skin cyst had ever been there.

There is still a pocket remaining, so considering recurrence, surgery is also an option, but the doctor said it might be enough to just remove the mucus.

I tried to go to the hospital again because a skin cyst appeared, but it suddenly disappeared. It seems like it burst on its own from inside.

More than ten years have passed, but I never developed a skin cyst again.