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Risk factors
By Mayo Clinic staffGanglion cysts are more common in women than they are in men.
The following factors also may put you at a greater risk of forming ganglion cysts:
- Regular, repetitive movement that stresses your wrist or hand.
- Having osteoarthritis, the wear-and-tear type of arthritis. Osteoarthritis can increase fluid within the joints, which can then leak into the tendon sheath and accumulate in an existing cyst.
- Injury to the joints or tendons of your hands or feet.
