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What Causes Severe Hand Muscle Pain?
Question: My wife age 56 active ,got a severe hand muscle pain suddenly today night.
Heat treatment ,Rollon pain reliever will not solve the problem.what to do?
Heat treatment ,Rollon pain reliever will not solve the problem.what to do?
Brief Answer:
Take anti-inflammatory drug like motrin.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for your query.
According to your description , pain over her hand seems to be inflammatory in nature.
I advice her to give you rest to the part affected, take anti-inflammatory drug like motrin 1 tablet with food as and when required (upto 4 tablets daily) to reduce pain and inflammation and consult doctor for thorough examination and rule out any infective cause.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
Take anti-inflammatory drug like motrin.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for your query.
According to your description , pain over her hand seems to be inflammatory in nature.
I advice her to give you rest to the part affected, take anti-inflammatory drug like motrin 1 tablet with food as and when required (upto 4 tablets daily) to reduce pain and inflammation and consult doctor for thorough examination and rule out any infective cause.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Answered by
Dr. Saurabh Gupta
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement
Practicing since :2004
Answered : 5930 Questions
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