Finger Pain
Achenbach‘s Syndrome or Finger Vessel Popping
This is called finger hematoma or Achenbach‘s syndrome. This is a skin condition and not a cardiovascular condition.
Spontaneous bursting of fine blood vessels
Some have described this phenomenon in great detail:
Prior to fingers
cramping a red line appears alongside a finger blood vessel. Then spontaneous bursting of these tiny blood vessels occurs along the
sides of fingers with subsequent swelling and redness. Initially these itch.
Then within a few moments they begin to swell, cramp and became painful. To diminish the pain some have tried raising the blood vessel of the hand higher than the position of the heart.
Counter pressure on the finger sometimes helps A vascular surgeon
said when this occurs the body has a strong estrogen influence somewhere; this might from a polycystic liver not
adequately metabolizing estrogen like compounds.
The internet has a support group of individuals who have similar finger hematomas.
Below are some suggestions to try. All doctors asked have said this is nothing to worry about. From the internet group, some possibly useful minerals and supplements for finger hematomas or Achenbach‘s Syndrome might be:
Achenbach‘s syndrome revisited.
Vasa. 2012 Sep;41(5):366-70.Thies K, Beschorner U, Noory E, Zeller T.
University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany.
Achenbach‘s syndrome, also known as paroxysmal finger hematoma, is a rarely reported clinical disorder with recurring,
sudden bruising of the volar part of a finger, appearing spontaneously or after minor trauma and resolving completely
within days. Patients and methods: We report seven cases from our angiologic out-patient clinic. Results: The patients
were asymptomatic between manifestations. The conditon was nevertheless reason for a referral.
Conclusions: We stress the need for greater awareness among clinicians of the harmlessness of the condition in order to
avoid misdiagnoses and dispensable diagnostic procedures.
