Hand pain may be caused by physiological factors such as being cold and overworked, or it may be caused by infection, trauma, rheumatologic and immunologic diseases, tenosynovitis, nerve compression, etc. It should be relieved by medication and surgical treatment for different causes.
1. Physiological factors: Hand pain caused by cold and over-exertion can usually be improved and relieved by keeping warm and resting.
2. Infection: common nail groin infection, purulent dactylitis, etc., mainly antibacterial treatment, you can take oral cefixime capsules, levofloxacin tablets and other drugs, if the local formation of abscesses, should be timely incision and drainage.
3. Trauma: After the hand is traumatized, rest should be paid attention to, and cold compresses should be given in the first 72 hours. If there are fractures or tendon injuries, external fixation or surgical treatment should be taken.
4. Rheumatic immune disease: common for rheumatoid arthritis, to reduce manual activities, pay attention to keep warm, you can take methotrexate, sulfasalazine tablets and other anti-rheumatic drugs, as well as ibuprofen extended-release capsules, celecoxib tablets and other non-steroidal painkillers.
5. Tenosynovitis: pay attention to rest, can give physical therapy, oral non-steroidal painkillers, local closed injection, conservative treatment is invalid to take tenosynovectomy.
6. Nerve compression: common carpal tunnel syndrome, cervical spondylosis, etc., can be given physical therapy, oral ibuprofen tablets, indomethacin capsules and other pain relief, conservative treatment is ineffective to take surgical treatment.
After the hand pain, through rest and warmth can not be improved, should be timely consultation, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions standardized treatment.