What should I do if my hand is twisted, what should I do if my hand is swollen?

Dr. Ruoyu: Generally, a minor sprain may only injure the soft tissues, so apply a cold compress within 24 hours and a warm compress after 24 hours. If symptoms are severe, consider taking an x-ray to confirm the diagnosis. Hope mine helps you!

There are some injuries that occur from time to time in life, such as ankle sprains. At this time, many people will think of traditional Chinese medicine to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, apply hot compresses, or rub the wound with their hands. However, this not only does not speed up**, but may cause more serious conditions such as swelling and ecchymosis of the wound.

In general, sports injuries are divided into acute, remission, and ** phases, and treatment should also be carried out in stages.

Acute growth period: Immediately apply a cold compress for 20 minutes.

The acute phase usually refers to the acute inflammatory reaction within 24 or 48 hours after the injury, when the injured tissue may bleed, and local symptoms such as red fever, swelling, pain, and dysfunction appear. The patient should stop moving, and choose treatment methods such as cold compress, compression bandaging, and elevation of the injured limb according to the situation. Generally, cold compress followed by pressure bandaging can also be done at the same time.

Cold compresses are generally 20 minutes each time, once every 4 hours; Discontinue use after 24 or 48 hours. When bandaging, you can place cotton or sponge of appropriate thickness on the wound, use a bandage to apply a little pressure, and pay attention to the condition of the bandaging site frequently. If the bandage is too loose or too tight, it should be redressed.

In general, it can be removed after 24 hours of pressurized bandaging.

If pain occurs after injury, external wound drugs such as Yunnan Baiyao (patent medicine) can be used to quickly reduce swelling and relieve pain and reduce acute inflammation. Those with severe pain can take painkillers such as Fenbide, and those with severe congestion can take bone-setting pills, Qilisan, etc. During this period, you should not apply warm compresses or massage the injured area, otherwise it will aggravate the bleeding and tissue fluid exudation, making the injured area more swollen.

Although the wound cannot be rubbed, it can be clicked on the surrounding parts along the meridian and acupoints, which is conducive to reducing swelling and relieving pain. For example, if your wrist is injured and swollen and painful, tap Quchi, Neiguan, and Hegu; If you have an ankle injury, tap the sea of blood and the three yin sex. It doesn't matter if the injured person or family members don't know the acupuncture points, as long as the position is roughly correct.

Sprained wrists, often with a significant history of trauma. After the injury, the wrist is weak and the wrist joint is immobile. Minor injuries are usually not significantly swollen and the pain is not very painful, and the pain begins only when the wrist joint is moved substantially.

Severe sprains, which can be swollen and painful in the wrist, unable to move the wrist joint or worsen with movement. During examination, the wrist joint is firmly palmed flexed and dorsal pain occurs, indicating injury to the dorsal wrist ligament and wrist extensor tendon; Conversely, it is a volar carpal ligament or wrist flexor tendon injury. If the wrist joint is deflected forcefully to the ulnar side, pain occurs in the styloid process of the radius, which is a radial collateral ligament injury; Conversely, it is an ulnar collateral ligament injury.

If there is pain in all directions of the wrist and there is a significant restriction of movement, it means that the ligaments, tendons, etc. are a compound injury. Tenderness or palpation of musculosis at the site of the injury. Wrist injuries should be timely to prevent avascular necrosis of the carpal scaphoid and carpal lunate.

**: External application of Huoxue Powder and Bone Powder is the best choice. Oral Relaxation and Blood Activating Soup: Relaxing the muscles and channels, promoting qi and invigorating blood.

Use Yunnan Baiyao ah liquid.

The main manifestations are wrist swelling and pain Activity, limited can also have deformity and bone fricative or bone abrasion, it is recommended to see a hospital in time to clarify the injury, if there is bone injury, it should be in accordance with the fracture system**, if it is a soft tissue injury, the wrist can be given a cold compress to reduce bleeding and swelling.