What to do about elbow pain

Elbow generally refers to the elbow. There are many causes of elbow pain, which need to be examined and treated symptomatically according to the cause, and can be divided into the following: 1. Elbow trauma: factors such as car accidents and falls can lead to fractures and soft tissue injuries in the elbow, causing pain. Patients should pay attention to local braking. If the condition is mild and the swelling and pain symptoms are not serious, the patient can observe and apply cold compresses first. If the pain is obvious and the activity is limited, the patient should seek medical treatment in time and be treated by applying drugs or surgery; 2. Humeral epicondylitis: Most of the pain is caused by long-term and repeated forceful activities of the wrist, resulting in damage to the joint between the tendon and the humeral epicondyle. During the onset of pain, the elbow joint should be kept braked and the pain should be relieved by applying ice. Apply blood-activating and pain-relieving creams externally and take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs orally to control the symptoms. If the conservative treatment is not effective, lidocaine can be applied for local closure of painful spots; 3. elbow canal syndrome: it is caused by compression, pulling or friction of the ulnar nerve in the elbow joint, patients should pay attention to changing the elbow posture in daily activities and sleep to avoid continuous flexion of the elbow joint, and can also take anti-inflammatory, analgesic and nerve-nourishing drugs for treatment, or use surgical treatment, such as decompression surgery to release the nerve 4, degenerative arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis: inflammatory stimulation can cause elbow pain, patients should pay attention to rest, local hot compresses, massage, physical therapy, etc., external use of blood, pain relief cream and oral anti-inflammatory, analgesic drugs to control symptoms, rheumatoid arthritis can also take oral anti-rheumatic drugs to control the condition; 5, tumor: if the elbow tumor and other lesions, can be X-ray or CT examination to clarify the nature of the tumor, the application of surgery to remove, as well as the application of chemotherapy and other forms of treatment.