Treatment depends on the symptoms and how much the cyst affects your hand or wrist.
No symptoms:
Observation and monitoring may be all that is needed.
Mild symptoms:
Reducing wrist strain or using a brace for a limited period, if recommended by a healthcare professional, may help.
Persistent symptoms:
Aspiration (draining the fluid) may be considered in certain cases.
Selected cases:
Surgical removal may be an option when symptoms persist or the cyst keeps coming back.
SLIDE 7 | When Should You See a Doctor? 
See a healthcare professional if the lump:
Grows quickly
Becomes significantly painful
Causes numbness or tingling
Causes weakness in the hand
Limits wrist or finger movement
Appears after an injury
Becomes red or warm
Because not every lump on the wrist is a ganglion cyst.
SLIDE 8 | THE TAKEAWAY 
Finding a lump on your wrist does not necessarily mean you have a serious tumor.
It may be a common, benign ganglion cyst that does not require any treatment.
