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.
1 Arthritis and osteoarthritis of small joints may affect the thumb joint. It may lead to thumb swelling, pain and restricted thumb movement. Together with thumb, other fingers may also get affected with Arthritis.  Thumb tendonitis and bursitis can also cause inflammation and pain in the thumb.
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.