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Suggest Treatment For Thmb Pain Due To Lumps On Bilateral Forearm

Posted on Thu, 27 Mar 2014

Question: I have several lumps on bilateral forearm. the lump located on the upper forearm is very painful and when pressed on it causes my fingers to go numb. I have been seeing my ortho doctor, he believes the lumps may be lipomas, I also am having a lot of pain on my thumbs, wearing spica thumb splints, cortisone shot, but the pain is really bad. Its been going on for about one month and the pain is not getting any better. I see my ortho again next week but the pain is very bad. I have pain medicine but I don't like taking it, I take Tylenol but not enough for pain. I have upper GI problems so I am unable to take anti-inflammatory meds. Can you suggest something else to relieve this pain?

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (1 hour later)

Brief Answer: You can take tramadol tablets. Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for your query. If you are unable to take anti-inflammatory medicines due to upper GI problems, You can take tramadol tablets for pain control after prescription of your doctor. I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query. Take care

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Saurabh Gupta (1 hour later)

Is there anything you can tell me for diagnosis of symptoms I mentioned?

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (21 hours later)

Brief Answer: Description below. Detailed Answer: Hi, Well, without a clinical evaluation it would be difficult to determine the cause of the lump. Possibilities that may need to be considered include enlarged bursa, lipomas, cysts, growths from underlying connective tissue etc. It seems that these lumps might causing pressure over nerves causing numbness in your fingers. I would suggest to get the X-ray of the area affected and FNAC (fine needle aspiration cytology) of lump under your doctor guidance to reach the correct diagnosis.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Saurabh Gupta (1 hour later)

Thank you so much I will definitely be bringing this up to my doctor and asking if they think an xray and fnac of lump be drawm for analysis and a correct dx. Thank you again for answering my question. God bless you. XXXXXXX Garcia

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (49 minutes later)

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar