WITHIN 24 HOURS OF FEELING WRIST/HAND PAIN,FOR NO APPARENT REASON I WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN, WITH SWELLING TO THE DORSAL AREA AND WHERE MY FINGERS WERE BENT OVER AT THE SECOND JOINT, THAT I ATTENDED THE A & E DEPT OF MY HOSPITAL. THERE WAS A MINOR CUT TO MY PALM WHICH WAS APPROX 2 DAYS OLD, SO THEY ASPIRATED THE AREA IN CASE OF INFECTION, WHICH RETURNED AS NEGATIVE, PRESCRIBED DICLOPHENIC AND CODEINE AND GIVEN A WRIST SPLINT. RETURNED 3 DAYS LATER, AND ALTHOUGH THE EXCRUTIATING PAIN HAD SUBSIDED AND THE SWELLING HAD GONE DOWN, WAS ADVISED TO GO TO MY DOCTOR IF THIS CONTINUED, DIAGNOSING POSSIBLE TENOSYNOVITIS.
IT HAS NOW BEEN 6 WEEKS, I HAVE HAD OVER DOZEN BLOOD TESTS, INCLUDING ONES FOR RA- NEGATIVE, AN X-RAY SHOWED NOTHING. AN MRI HAS SHOWN A THICKENING OF THE TENDON SHEATH, AND THE CONSULTANT SAID THEY WERE LOOKING FOR TFCC (I THINK) AND/OR OSTEOMYLETIS, BOTH NEGATIVE.
I AM A LEFT HANDED PODIATRIST WITH THE RIGHT WRIST AFFECTED, HAVE NOT WORKED SINCE THIS HAPPENED, AS MY MOBILITY, GRIP AND ALL MOVEMENTS ARE REALLY AFFECTED. I AM IN CONSTANT PAIN, IT IS ALSO AFFECTING MY FOUR FINGERS, THE PAIN CAN RADIATE ALONG THE ULNA, AND I GET LITTLE ELECTRIC SHOCKS/IMPULSES HERE TOO. FROM THE ONSET, THE BOTTOM OF THE ULNA/STYLOID AREA HAS ALWAYS BEEN TENDER AND IS BARELY VISIBLE BECAUSE OF THE SWELLING. MY FAMILY THINKS MY HAND LOOKS LIKE A WAX EFFIGY !. I HAVE TRIED SELF-PHYSIO (WITH PROPER CHARTS FROM THE HOSPITAL) TO STOP THE WRIST COMPLETLY SEIZING UP, BUT THEN THE PAIN IT PRODUCES LATER CAN WAKE ME UP THROUGH THE NIGHT. I AM STILL TAKING THE MEDICATION. I HAVE ANOTHER APPT WITH A DIFFERENT CONSULTANT IN THE ORTHO DEPT, BUT NOT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. COULD YOU PLEASE THROW ANY LIGHT ON WHAT THE CONDITION IS, AND DO SOME PROBLEMS SLIP THROUGH THE MRI AND X-RAY NET ?