James Best as Deputy Roscoe P. Coltrane in âThe Dukes of Hazzard,â hugging Flash. James Best, whose prolific career included 83 movies and 600 TV shows but is best remembered for portraying Rosco P. Coltrane, the bumbling sheriff of Hazzard County, died late Monday in Hickory at age 88.
Trauma and injury to the thumb, hand and wrist, is the most common cause for thumb swelling. Injury while playing or occupational injury to the thumb may cause swelling of thumb. Sometime an injury may cause fracture of the thumb bone. In such cases, X-ray of the thumb may be necessary to detect the fracture.
1 Arthritis or gout can be one of the causes of inflamed thumb. 2  Excessive overuse of the thumb can also cause pain and swelling in the thumb joint. 3  Some insect bite on the thumb can also cause its swelling and pain.ore thumb with swelling can have many causes; these causes can be minor injuries to some major reasons: 1  Trauma to the thumb may also precipitate swelling and pain to the affected thumb.