My little finger is swollen for 5 years now. It started when I got into the university. I was using a very heavy phone. The way I held it, most of the weight would be on my little finger. It started giving me slight pains. To me, it felt like a little bone was out of place. It was discomforting and I was always tweaking my little finger to get it to go back to normal. However, it just became worse and worse. And I couldn't stop tweaking it. It's getting to five years now and i'm scared it might remain this way forever. I have done series of tests and scan, they said there was nothing wrong with the bone and it might be a tissue problem. They gave me medicines ibuprofen, it didn't work. So I kept asking for more until they said I couldn't have more due to overdose. Please I want to know what is happening with my finger.

Dr. Potnuru Srinivaasa SudhakarHomeopathy Doctor34yrs exp

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We use our phones three hours and 15 minutes a day on average. So perhaps it?s hardly surprising people are reporting a ?new? injury on social media and in the news ? ?smartphone pinky?. People claiming to have the condition report a change in position of their pinky finger, or having developed a dent in their little finger, on the middle bone. There hasn?t yet been any research looking into smartphone pinky, so it?s prevalence, causes are unclear. But the way we hold our mobile devices is of interest ? as the weight of a phone is naturally placed on the pinky. This places strain on the pinky, forcing it in a direction it doesn?t normally bend, stretching the soft tissue and ligaments which normally function to limit movement. The dent is likely a compression of the soft tissues of the finger from continued exposure to the weight of the phone. Nicknamed ?cell phone elbow?, this condition is known clinically as cubital tunnel syndrome and is caused by your shoulder rubbing against the ulnar nerve. This is one of the arm's major nerves, and is the same nerve you whack when you hit your ?funny bone?.  

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