How to treat red, swollen and painful wrists

Wrist redness, swelling and pain may be due to trauma, infection, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, synovitis and so on, should be for different causes of treatment, specific should follow the doctor’s advice. 1. Trauma: after trauma, we should pay attention to rest, within 72 hours of intermittent ice packs, is conducive to reducing redness, swelling and pain, and can be oral ibuprofen extended-release capsules, celecoxib tablets and other medications for treatment, if there is a combination of bone fracture or ligament injury, timely external fixation or surgical treatment. 2. Infection: reduce the activities of wrist joints, oral levofloxacin capsules, amoxicillin capsules and other drugs for anti-infection treatment, if the formation of abscesses should be surgical incision and drainage. 3. Rheumatoid arthritis: to reduce wrist activities, you can carry out local physical therapy, oral methotrexate, leflunomide and other anti-rheumatic drugs. 4. Gout: reduce the intake of seafood and high-fat food, do not drink beer, drink more water, oral febuxostat tablets, benzbromarone tablets treatment. 5. Synovitis: take the brace to fix and brake the wrist joint, also can cooperate with physical therapy, oral diclofenac sodium enteric tablets and other drugs to relieve the symptoms. After the wrist redness, swelling and pain, should be taken seriously, go to the regular hospital in a timely manner, the appropriate examination, to clarify the cause of the disease, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions for standardized treatment, to avoid delays in the condition, do not blindly use drugs.