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My wrist has been paining for a few weeks now. Is it due to the injury that I had a few months back?
Query: Hi doctor, I have been feeling wrist pain for a few weeks now. No recent injury, but I had an injury a few months back. I had foot surgery and fell off my scooter, and landed on my wrist. I was on crutches and needed my wrists, so I dealt with the pain, which was very painful. The pain went away and... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. The area (attachment removed to protect patient identity) you have marked is an area of the scaphoid bone. Do you have any X-rays or other investigations? Read Full »
I have regular pain and swelling in my hand. What is the cause?
Query: Hello, A week ago I fell and hurt my wrist. After the fall, I had a bit of pain, but I have not suspected anything major. However, the day after, my hand was swollen, warm, red, and painful. I went to the doctor, and an X-ray was done. The X-ray showed no fracture, but since I had pain in the scapho... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The pain can come from the soft tissues, the ligaments, and tendons around the wrist, but if you ask in the scaphoid area, it is the scaphoid unless proven otherwise. Often the fracture may not be visible in the first X-ray, and an X-ray repeated at two weeks shows t... Read Full »
Query: Hi doctor,Three years ago, my right hand was accidentally run over. X-ray showed no broken bones, but throughout the year I had extreme pain on the right-hand side of my wrist next to the bone. I never know when the pain on the right-hand side of my wrist is going to happen or how long the intense p... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through your history. There are three probable diagnosis in your case: Triangular fibrocartilage complex injury (TFCC). Non-union scaphoid. De Quervain's disease (painful inflammation of thumb that extends to wrist). TFCC injury is a soft ... Read Full »
My left wrist is swollen after a bike accident. Can you please help?
Query: Hello doctor, I met with a bike accident three days ago and had swelling in my left wrist. I have got an X-ray (AP, oblique) of the left wrist. Currently, I am on Combiflam and Rantac medications. Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern, and I hope you are not in much discomfort. I have reviewed your X-ray images (attachment removed to protect the patient’s identity) and found a mild cortical irregularity in the area between the waist and distal pole of the scaphoid bone... Read Full »