Is there a name for such freakishness? (my hand, medical)

Birth defect is what this is officially known as. You are lucky to have fingers on the smaller hand. I had a friend who had a “baby doll” hand her words for it in elementary school She had to have the skin cut webbed fingers so she could use the tiny digits she had.

I don’t know what that is, but my pinkies don’t have fully developed middle knuckles. So, they don’t curl all the way like the rest of my fingers do. Was born like this, so I never really question it or think about it often and have never asked a doctor what it is or why they’re like that.

@SpatzieLover aye, it can always be worse. not that its a problem for me. i have actually found it quite useful over the years. ever drop a screw down a small hole?

i have ruled out any drugs that may have caused it, i would have probably been born without an entire arm if it where thelidomide or something, even in a trace ammount.

the only other case i have heard of is that guy that used to do the british version of candid camera, jerremy beadle. he used to have the same thing.

@erichw1504

yea, i dont really think about it unless something reminds me. it was just talk of hands in MSN that got me on the topic and made me take the pic.

@poisonedantidote & @erichw1504 Either situation is not that uncommon. Fingers and toes, hands an feet are more common than others. They could be related to smoking during pregnancy or to a medication your mother had been on prior to conception.

@SpatzieLover

my mother did and does still smoke indeed.

Let’s contact House!

@troubleinharlem

Well, it’s not lupus.

It is a congenital hand defect, where parts of the hand failed to develop. You can read about variations of this sort of non-development of phalanges here. It may be what is called Brachymesophalangy (absence of the middle phalanges).

There is a more detailed discussion here.

If no one else in your family has ever had such a thing, then it could be a one-time mutation or the result of something happening during your development while in your mother’s womb.

@nxknxk ; is it ever?

@troubleinharlem – I thought it was once.

@Darwin good info, thanks!

I assume you are really really right handed?

@majorrich

mostly yea, but when im typing my left hand does do most of the work. i mainly use my right hand for space, enter, backspace and a couple of letters on that side. n, i, o, p and what not.

The name of this abnormal development is “Unilateral phalangeal dysgenesis” which is basicly a conenital abnormality in which certain specific anatomical structures (in case of phalangeal obviously we are speaking of phalanges) fail to develop.

Your specific case calls to mind what is known as split hand/foot malformation, often called “ectrodactyly” which is an underdevelopment or absence of the central phalanges, metacarpal and metatarsal bones associated with median clefts of the hands and feet. It comprises a highly variable spectrum of malformations that occur in both sporadic and familial forms. SHFM typically presents with hypoplaisa or aplasia of one or more central digital rays .

The malformation may be symetric or asymetric and can affect one or both hands, one or both feet, or the hands and feet together.

A number of malformations and syndromes can be associated with abnormal vascular formation in the pre-axial stage of intrauterine development. Reduced blood flow to any given area during development will either stunt or inhibit said development.

Given what little information i can get from your question i would consider this to be the most likely scenario and would venture to say of all possible outcomes your case is relatively mild. However if any other conditions are present they may be pertinent and may help with diagnosis. Your best bet is not to see a GP but to find a geneticist to speak to.

I have dated a woman whose attributes would be perfect for someone like you.