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    The hand of benediction sign is a clinical sign indicating peripheral neuropathy affecting the hand muscles. It is characterized by the little and ring fingers being flexed or bent, while the index and middle fingers are extended, resembling the gesture a pope uses for blessing. This sign can be caused by damage to either the ulnar nerve or median nerve, resulting in impaired function of the hand muscles. The ulnar nerve is vulnerable to injury at the elbow, while the median nerve can be injured at the wrist or elbow.

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    The hand of benediction sign is a clinical sign indicating peripheral neuropathy affecting the hand muscles. It is characterized by the little and ring fingers being flexed or bent, while the index and middle fingers are extended, resembling the gesture a pope uses for blessing. This sign can be caused by damage to either the ulnar nerve or median nerve, resulting in impaired function of the hand muscles. The ulnar nerve is vulnerable to injury at the elbow, while the median nerve can be injured at the wrist or elbow.

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    The hand of benediction sign is a clinical sign indicating peripheral neuropathy affecting the hand muscles. It is characterized by the little and ring fingers being flexed or bent, while the index and middle fingers are extended, resembling the gesture a pope uses for blessing. This sign can be caused by damage to either the ulnar nerve or median nerve, resulting in impaired function of the hand muscles. The ulnar nerve is vulnerable to injury at the elbow, while the median nerve can be injured at the wrist or elbow.

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    flexed or bent, while the index (2nd digit) and middle finger (3rd digit) are
    extended. This resembles the hand gesture of the pope giving their blessing
    (a papal benediction), lending to the name hand of benediction.

    BACKGROUND
    *CLINICALSIGNINDICATING
    PERIPHERALNEUROPATHYAFFECTING CAUSES
    theHANDMUSCLES
    *WHENMAKINGFISTorOPENINGHAND: *ULNARNERVEDAMAGE
    ~FLEXED/BENT-LITTLEFINGER ~FRACTURE/INJURYtothe
    (STHDIGIT)&RINGFINGER(TH HAMATEBONEorMEDIAL
    DIGIT) EPICONDYLEofHUMERUS
    ~EXTENDED/STRAIGHT-INDEX ~ЧТН&5™HDIGITSAFFECTED
    (2NDDIGIT)&MIDDLEFINGER(3RD -UNABLEtoABDUCTfrom3RD
    DIGIT) DIGIT
    *SIMILARtoHANDGESTUREof -UNABLEtoBENDatMCP
    JOINT
    thePOPE'SBLESSING
    •*MEDIANNERVEDAMAGE
    ~TRAUMAtoWRISTorELBOW,
    UPPERHUMERUSBONE
    FRACTURE,orCARPAL
    TUNNELSYNDROME
    ~2ND&3RDDIGITSAFFECTED
    TREATMENT -UNABLEtoBEND

    *MANAGINGPERIPHERALNEUROPATHY
    *NSAIDs
    *ARMorWRISTBRACE
    *HANDTHERAPY
    SYMPTOMS
    *NERVEDECOMPRESSIONSURGERY *NUMBNESSinDIGITS
    *WEAKNESSofHANDMUSCLES

    rOSMOSIS.o
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    What causes hand of benediction?

    Hand of benediction can be caused by damage to either the ulnar or median


    nerve, resulting in dysfunction of the muscles of the hand.

    The ulnar nerve travels from the brachial plexus (bundle of nerves near the
    neck and shoulder), behind the elbow, and towards the front of the forearm
    and hand in order to innervate the muscles of the 4th and 5th digits. The
    location of the ulnar nerve makes it susceptible to compression if there is 1

    fracture or injury to the medial epicondyle of the humerus, a bone


    comprising the upper arm and elbow, or if there is damage to the wrist.

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