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What Causes Pain With Swelling And Tenderness In Wrist?
I was lifting a wight bar the other day, and felt a pop in my wrist. It hurt at the time it happened but not too bad shortly after that. That night I woke up several times from pain in my wrist. The pain is on the pinky side of my wrist. I have some swelling and a lot of tenderness near that bump at the base of my wrist. It also hurts pretty bad to turn my arm or pick up anything. Is this just a bad sprain, or something else?
Tue, 21 Apr 2020
Hello,
It looks from your details that you may have a sprain of collateral ligament of medial side of wrist. You should do following to have relief in this:
- Do cold fomentation over it for at least 3 days after injury.
- Apply a ace bandage over it, starting from hand towards the wrist.
- Take a good analgesic like advil, aspirin or ibuprofen.
- Give rest to affected hand.
Do all this for at least 5-7 days. Even after that if you have any problem then it will be better to have a X-ray of affected part and consult to your doctor.
Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Mukesh Tiwari, Orthopedic Surgeon
It looks from your details that you may have a sprain of collateral ligament of medial side of wrist. You should do following to have relief in this:
- Do cold fomentation over it for at least 3 days after injury.
- Apply a ace bandage over it, starting from hand towards the wrist.
- Take a good analgesic like advil, aspirin or ibuprofen.
- Give rest to affected hand.
Do all this for at least 5-7 days. Even after that if you have any problem then it will be better to have a X-ray of affected part and consult to your doctor.
Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Mukesh Tiwari, Orthopedic Surgeon
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