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Wrist/finger pain


Posted: Feb 1, 2012

I fell last week and hurt my right hand.  There's no fracture, just a soft tissue injury,  but now I'm having a lot of aching in one finger and the wrist.  Till my medical appt., any suggestions of what I can do?

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Wrist/finger pain - Vera

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I had something like that in my wrist only and it was tendonitis,so painful could not even hold a hair brush. Went to doctor, they splinted, gave me meloxicam. I went to the drug store and got a better wrist brace that was more rigid. It finally got better. You might want to try to put an ice bag on and off of wrist when not working. Good luck. Rest the wrist, but you can do that anymore.

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