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| When osteoarthritis affects your hands, bony knobs called nodes may develop on your joints, giving your fingers and thumbs a gnarled appearance. Causes & Development Heberden's nodes and Bouchard's nodes usually take years to develop, although they can sometimes appear within a period of weeks or months. Signs & Symptoms The affected finger and thumb joints may feel painful or stiff at first, although the pain usually subsides within time. For some people, the pain is gone in as early as a few months, and for others it make take a couple of years. However, the bony knobs will remain. |
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