I am in the military and have not had the best luck with the medical section. I am 23 years old & currently deployed. I have been having wrist pain for about 1 1/2 years and then about 6 months ago it started getting worse & worse and started affecting my forearm. I went in and did the physical therapy for awhile and then the Dr wanted to try a steroid shot. The one specifically giving it to me had to get guidance as to where to inject as he had never done it before. He injected the spot instructed but then took it upon himself to go above the elbow bone and poked in very quickly. Causing alot of pain for me, he pulled it out from that spot and reinserted it about 1/4″ higher. Now, the pain is so bad and strong I can barely even pull my pants up! There is significant swelling right where my nerve runs through the inside of the elbow and now the pain is all the way up to my shouler instead of just to the elbow. Is this serious or should I just let it run its course for awhile longer?
#1 by gillianp on February 26, 2010 - 3:24 pm
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Let it runs its course. Problem with inflammation, it takes time for all to settle down. Much depends on how long you had the problem before the injection. Therefore I would wait it out. Best of Luck
#2 by synocens on February 26, 2010 - 3:28 pm
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To me it sounds like tendonitis. In the hand its called Writers Hand, in the elbow its called Tennis Elbow. Find out if you can get a wrist brace and an elbow brace, take ibuprofen for the inflammation. I have both in my right arm and some mornings I cant even lift my coffee cup to my mouth. If it doesn’t relieve the pain then start considering carpal tunnel.
#3 by Cynthia B on February 26, 2010 - 4:57 pm
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This sounds like you had carpo tunnel in your wrist, and now has progressed to something more with the incorrect injection site tampered with. I’d suggest getting someone else to look at it.