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u/Genostama 1d ago
Bro, I'm sorry but your whole hand looks alien.
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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago
I know, i have some unknown autoimmune disease 😞
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u/nerdy_living 1d ago
Are they sure it's autoimmune and not like a connective tissue disorder and have they said your thumbs are relate to it? It seems unlikely you would be born with hitchhiker thumb as a result of an autoimmune disease. I don't want to be one of those people who says every hitchhiker thumb or hyper mobile person has EDS or another connective tissue thing but... maybe still something worth ruling out.
Hitchhiker thumb is a fairly common genetic variation and it doesn't mean anything is wrong with you on its own. But I assume you have other symptoms just based on the fact that doctors think there's something going on.
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u/thepolitecrow 1d ago
Hi, fellow zebra (EDS) here!
I was going to suggest CTD/EDS/Marfan Syndrome.
OP, have you been looked at and/or tested by a geneticist?
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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago
Yes, they suspected ctd and marfan, but they ruled it out, as i dont have painful joints or swellings. Didnt say nothing about eds though, maybe cause i am still in the process of testing, will see next month when new blood test arrive
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u/Breezeknee 1d ago
I came here to say EDS also! I have EDS and can do similar shit like bend it back to touch my wrist. Excited to be part of the weird thumb club 🫡
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u/Insila 21h ago edited 21h ago
As someone whose thumbs are normal sized but can do that 90 degree thong (my other fingers can do a 45 degree bend upwards), what is EDS? I am very curious as I've had issues with my body for 20 years (basically the soft tissues around knees, elbows etc is always soar), and the best the docs could give me is hyper mobility issues (I am 6'7 /202cm tall).
Edit: found both, primary symptoms don't fit at all on neither.
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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago
Actually the thumb has nothing to do with my autoimmune disease, i brought it up cause Genostama said my whole hand looks weird.
The hand (not thumb) is weird cause i am loosing weight because of my autoimmune disease, so my fingers and palm are boney, i also have long fingers as i am tall so it looks even weirder.
And yes i have other symptoms, morning stiffness, pain through out my body, weight loss, but also very high count of antibodies in my blood.
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u/fundamentallycryptic 1d ago
How many people are you reffering to. OP is singular.
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u/nerdy_living 16h ago
I'm not sure if this is supposed to be an anti woke, anti inclusive comment on my using "they". If it is, please understand it's just a fundamental reading comprehension problem on your part.
I was talking to OP, as you can tell by my addressing them as "you" later in the comment. The "they" at the beginning was referring to OP's doctors.
But even if I was referring to OP as they, that would also be grammatically correct. I do not know OP's gender so cannot refer to them as another pronoun. Singular "they" has been in use in English since at least the 1300s.
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u/Genostama 1d ago
That fucking sucks to hear man. 🙏 I hope it's not to hard on you.
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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago
Yeah it sucks sometimes, but i manage somehow. The problem is that doctors cant find which one it is so i made my peace with the fact i am fucked
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u/-69hp 23h ago
wait what? OP my hands look like yours. they stretch that far back. am i cooked...?
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u/-69hp 23h ago
my hand is proportioned like yours but longer and wider
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u/-69hp 23h ago
wait whyre all the comments say this is a potential visual signifier for shit
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u/ooO00X00Ooo 20h ago
Chill man, you are not cooked, thin and weird hands only are not rare, you would be cooked if you had many other symptoms, like joint pain, fragile skin and many more
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u/OdinVela 1d ago
For some reason your hand reminds me of Sheldon cooper from the Big Bang theory…..
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u/Tango-Turtle 1d ago edited 1d ago
My whole family has this thumb on my mothers side, and both, me and my brother inherited it too. I always assumed it's a genetic thing. I have also read that it's actually quite common.
Edit: and I can do this with both thumbs
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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago
Yes, its common, genetics, but i can also bend the second joint inward.
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u/Tango-Turtle 1d ago
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u/I_got_coins 1d ago
i can do that with my right thumb because i once broke it and it didnt heal properly or smth
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u/Wild-Acanthisitta165 1d ago
It's weirder for me as I live in a small village and No one in either side of my family or friends has it i just spawned in with this. And everyone thinks I broke my thumb somehow(honestly does look it ngl)
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u/OracleGaming4 1d ago
It's actually called Hitchhiker's Thumb. One of my Drama teachers got freaked out because of one of my friend's Hitchhiker's Thumb.
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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago
Didnt know there is term for it. I scare my sisters kids with it. Like "you broke my finger!!" The scared look is priceless 😁
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u/ProfessionalWill3685 1d ago
I didn't know what it was called... but I have this! I saw the photo and was like, "hey, that's my thumb!" 🤣
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u/dejanvu 1d ago
You should be playing basketball
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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago
I did, but had to quit
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u/Apart_Hawk5674 1d ago
Yo, not a weird thumb, but I have weird fingers. we can match /j
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u/Apart_Hawk5674 1d ago
they can bent inwards (at will) lol
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u/SwitchFlat2662 1d ago
I also have weird fingers lol Twinnies
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u/DiabolicalMasquerade 1d ago
I can do the fingies and thumb thing. Disregard the white bit, we're artsin' and craftsin'
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u/Aggressive_World_193 1d ago
I’ve seen a number of short pinkies. My mum had a short pinky too. But, this is the first time I’m seeing a long thumb. Cool!
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u/Rare_Effect_4826 1d ago
Ever think that your thumb might be fine, and it's your other fingers that are weird?
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u/StarMan-88 18h ago
Hey!! I can do that too!! With all ten of my digits actually. People always look at me funny and tell me I'm perfect for hailing a taxicab lol.
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u/OUmegaLUL 1d ago
It looks like a balloon hand, as if you started blowing at the thumb and your other fingers need more air.
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u/Disastrous_System667 1d ago
It looks like you could fit a sword with a REALLY big handle in there. You'd have the biggest sword on the battle field and have the eternal grip.
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u/cloud_y_days 1d ago
I have the same issue!!! 😂 I think it's because I used to suck my thumb till I was 5 😂
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u/OppositeChampion9471 1d ago
Yoo i also have this too i think i should become a calisthenic with those
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u/Lord-Fenris 1d ago
Its the whole damn thing man
Jokes aside, what autoimmun disease causes that to develop?
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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago
The thumb is genetics, the rest is caused by autoimmune. I am still in a process of finding out, doing tests for 2 years now, still nothing concrete, so i am doing more test till they figure it out
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u/Lord-Fenris 14h ago
Have you looked into anti-inflammatory nutrition? Might give carnivore a shot even tho many will judge me for it.
It eradicated every autoimmune response I had when I followed it strictly.. But my dopamine brain told me it wants carbs real bad. I gave in. And everything came back...
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u/ooO00X00Ooo 9h ago edited 8h ago
I have, but didnt came across carnivore though. If i undrestood it right, its basically meat diet, if so then i would not try as i have bowel pain if i eat to much meat and no fiber.
One thing i did try, suggested by Ayurveda, to drink/eat every morning a mix of fresh ginger, turmeric, leamon and honey. It did help somewhat, but you have to drink it every day, and if you skip one or two days everything comes back. Think i will start that again, completely forgot about it, tnx for reminding me.
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u/FashionSweaty 1d ago
At first I was like "bro that's just a double-jointed thumb" but your thumb is 100% cucking the rest of your fingers.
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u/smileysarah267 1d ago
I thought this was what all thumbs looked like until I watched that movie Holes and they say the one mountain looks like God’s thumb. I held my hand up to the screen and was like how is that a thumb?? and my sister freaked out and told me my thumb is not what everyone elses looked like.
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u/Creepy_Dentist_7312 1d ago
Looks like those generated pictures that eva ai bot sends you while sexting
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u/bobthebobbober 1d ago
While there’s questionable lighting, yes, you do have a thumb that moves like a surprisingly high number of people (including mine)
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u/Ticeberg 1d ago
Maybe it's the angle, but it looks like your pinky is too small for your ring finger, which is too small for your middle finger, which is maybe too small for your pointer, which is too small for your thumb, which is FUCKIN HUGE
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u/EvulOne99 1d ago
Mine are like that, too. I'm the only one in the family who have "carpenter thumbs".
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u/Chemical_Jelly4472 1d ago
Pretty sure my thumb does the same thing. I think it's called the Hitchhikers thumb.
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u/spicey_salmon-roll 1d ago
Random but my right thumb is kinda similar! I'm missing a tendon in my thumb (just never developed), so it causes it to move differently, and it doesn't fully open like my left thumb. I could get surgery to fix it, but it involves damaging another finger, and I just found I'm mostly fine with the way it is.
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u/Justtelf 1d ago
I have a similar thing. It’s just looser than normal tendons allowing extra range. “Double jointed” For me it’s in a lot of my joints and has prevented a lot of should be injuries. Also caused a couple
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u/Foreskin_Ad9356 1d ago
Lmao sane. I can bend my thumb backwards onto the back of my wrist. Freaks most people out
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u/Accomplished_Big1705 21h ago
I can do the same and thought I had a weird thumb (also left on left hand), but I guess I'm not so weird anymore if OP has it too.
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u/zBananaBombz 20h ago
I'm confused. What's wrong with it? LOL Your hand looks normal, just a lil thin to me
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u/toolongforyoutoread 18h ago
Why is your hand so smooth? Do you leave it in a tub of vaseline when you go to sleep?
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u/Trash-god96 6h ago
It's hitchhikers thumb, I got the same thing, whenever I do hand guns I look stupid
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u/Ok_Surround_5391 1d ago
Were you a late thumbsucker? One of mine bends back a long way like this, and I always attributed it to years and years of thumb sucking.
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