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Noticed A Blue Lump With Severe Pain On The Left Thumb
My 90 year old dad had a sudden and severe onset of pain in his left thumb last night. In the flesh part there were two areas of blue. One of the areas of blue had a small hard lump. The lump and blue have now gone ( nearly 24 hours later) but the pain is still very severe. He is on warfarin and had his last INR reading 3 days ago and it was 2. The pain is now constant . He has no other symptoms.
Tue, 4 Mar 2014
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement, Dr. Mukesh Chugh's Response
hi thanks for writing to HCM everything your dad is going through looks to be because of warfarin.my advice would be ice fomentation,limb elevation,tab.ultracet twice daily and inj.vitamin k daily should help. take care and god bless your father
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Noticed A Blue Lump With Severe Pain On The Left Thumb
hi thanks for writing to HCM everything your dad is going through looks to be because of warfarin.my advice would be ice fomentation,limb elevation,tab.ultracet twice daily and inj.vitamin k daily should help. take care and god bless your father