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Suggest Treatment For Swelling In My Arm
hi, my arm has been swollen and I can not move it for about a week. It is twice as big as my other arm and it is in a lot of pain. This happened after I shot up heroin in my arm. I thought that it would go away by now, but it hasn t and it seems to get worse. What could this be?
Thu, 14 Aug 2014
Hello,
Thanks for your query.
According to your description , pain and swelling over your arm seems to be inflammatory in nature.
I advice you to give you rest to the part affected, take anti-inflammatory drug like motrin 1 tablet with food as and when required (upto 4 tablets daily) to reduce pain and inflammation and consult your doctor for thorough examination and rule out any infective cause.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
Thanks for your query.
According to your description , pain and swelling over your arm seems to be inflammatory in nature.
I advice you to give you rest to the part affected, take anti-inflammatory drug like motrin 1 tablet with food as and when required (upto 4 tablets daily) to reduce pain and inflammation and consult your doctor for thorough examination and rule out any infective cause.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
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