Sore and swollen hands may be caused by muscle strain, osteoarthritis, tenosynovitis, etc. According to the different causes of the disease to take appropriate treatment measures, the treatment includes physical therapy, conservative treatment and surgical treatment.
1. Muscle strain: If long time hand activity is large, resulting in hand muscle strain or lactic acid accumulation, should pay attention to rest and adjustment, acute muscle strain should elevate the affected limbs, cold compresses to relieve swelling and pain within 72 hours, after 72 hours of local massage and hot compresses to promote blood circulation and lactic acid metabolism, severe pain oral ibuprofen, celecoxib and other drugs to relieve symptoms.
2. Osteoarthritis: mainly to joint swelling and pain, is a degenerative disease, the main purpose of treatment is to reduce joint pain, swelling, you can take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, celecoxib and other drugs to ease the pain, but also through heat therapy, massage, acupuncture and other physical therapy to promote local blood circulation, reduce the inflammatory response.
3. Tenosynovitis: excessive exercise will damage the tendons and tendon sheaths caused by aseptic inflammation, you can use a splint to fix the hand muscles to get enough rest, the pain is more serious oral ibuprofen, prednisolone acetate, etc. to improve the symptoms, if the conservative treatment is ineffective, you can carry out tenosynovial incision decompression surgery.
There may be other causes of hand pain, it is recommended that patients rest after the pain is not relieved or aggravated, should consult a doctor in a timely manner, a clear diagnosis, and take appropriate treatment measures. Avoid blindly using drugs on your own.