Fluid buildup in the wrist can be caused by overuse of the wrist, by osteoarthritis, or by an autoimmune disease. Treatment mainly includes physical therapy, medication, and fluid extraction.
1. Wrist activity: excessive activity may lead to aseptic inflammation of the wrist causing wrist effusion, patients need to firstly reduce the amount of wrist exercise, and secondly, you can apply hot compresses to the wrist, massage, physiotherapy, etc. to accelerate local blood circulation; you can also take ibuprofen, meloxicam and other drugs to reduce the inflammatory reaction.
2. Osteoarthritis: degenerative lesions of the wrist may lead to the emergence of osteoarthritis caused by wrist effusion, the patient first need to avoid high-intensity wrist activities, at the same time, you can wear wrist guards for protection; you can also take oral dextrose, chondroitin sulfate and other drugs to nutritional articular cartilage; the amount of effusion of patients with a relatively large amount of ultrasound can also be guided by puncture and fluid extraction treatment.
3. Autoimmune diseases: rheumatism, gout and other autoimmune diseases may also appear the above symptoms, the patient first of all to avoid cold and humid environment, limit the intake of high-purine diet; at the same time, you can use the salicylazosulfapyridine, colchicine and other drugs to control rheumatic conditions, lower uric acid.
The same disease, the patient’s physical condition is different, different stages of the disease, the treatment method is different, should be standardized under the guidance of the doctor. All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication.