Wrist pain may be caused by trauma, tenosynovitis and rheumatoid arthritis, etc. The cause of this symptom should be further clarified and treated with medication, braking and rest and surgery.
1. Trauma: the patient’s wrist joint in excessive force or fall and other external forces can lead to local muscle acute or chronic injury, manifested in the patient’s wrist joint pain, swelling and other symptoms, the acute stage patients should be braked to rest and reduce the wrist joint activities, the injury can be given 72 hours after the hot compresses to help recovery.
2. Tenosynovitis: patients with tenosynovitis of the wrist joint due to overstrain and other reasons leading to local chronic aseptic changes and cause limited joint activity, local pain and other symptoms, can take diclofenac, etoricoxib and other drugs to relieve the symptoms, if the drug is ineffective in the conservative treatment, but also can be treated by surgery.
3. Rheumatoid arthritis: Rheumatoid arthritis can involve the peripheral joints including wrist joints and cause joint pain, joint swelling and morning stiffness, etc. This kind of disease needs to be relieved by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as celecoxib and indomethacin, and at the same time, it should also be treated with anti-rheumatic drugs such as tolizumab and adalimumab.
Drugs should be used under the guidance of a physician, and it is recommended that patients with wrist pain go to the rheumatology and orthopedics departments of regular hospitals for further consultation and treatment as prescribed by the doctor.