Sprained or broken wrist?!
Question: Back in January I took a fall off my horse. I know I did something funny to my thumb and wrist. It hurt right away. I figured it was just sprained. Since then the pain has been off and on the thumb side of my wrist and sometimes it goes up into my thumb and down through my arm. The funny thing is it is not swollen in the part that hurt. My hand is swollen and my thumb just a tiny bit. I would perfer not to have to go to the doctor. The pain is not constant either. It will sometimes be really bad, and other times it does not hurt at all. It really feel like a sprain, but then again I have never broken or sprain andything. Is is possible for my wrist to be broken? and if so, have I waited to long for anything to be done?
Answers: Back in January I took a fall off my horse. I know I did something funny to my thumb and wrist. It hurt right away. I figured it was just sprained. Since then the pain has been off and on the thumb side of my wrist and sometimes it goes up into my thumb and down through my arm. The funny thing is it is not swollen in the part that hurt. My hand is swollen and my thumb just a tiny bit. I would perfer not to have to go to the doctor. The pain is not constant either. It will sometimes be really bad, and other times it does not hurt at all. It really feel like a sprain, but then again I have never broken or sprain andything. Is is possible for my wrist to be broken? and if so, have I waited to long for anything to be done?
TRY soaking a couple time day in warm epsom salt and at night a loose wrap to stablize movement. Husband had simulair thing. However that is a long time for swelling, some time injuries flare up into arthritis. Ibuprophen for antiinflamtory should relieve some of this. Also holding above heart level when ever possible reduce pain as blood is flowing down into it. And it may be a damaged ligament which is not able to fix at home thing. So may need at least a xray. *mamatx
go to a doctor
fyi - more peopl get hurt on horses than any other animal
ive broken my wrists alot ..... and you can break them without the regular symptoms of swelling and pain .... if it is broken and you go to a doctor they will have to rebreak and set it if you waited to long best bet is go to the doc