Hand/Wrist Pain

[Thelmarina]

Hi Folks,

I’m in my sixth year of Polymyalgia and have tapered to 6.5mgs Pred. I’m 76, arthritis in the family, so not surprised at some stiffness - not the hideous bilateral pre Pred pain thank goodness! However, I have sharp pain from my the base of my right hand wrist leading up to the mound under my right thumb. I know I’ll have to see my GP - with a bit of luck and a prevailing wind - I just wondered if this was familiar to anyone of you out there and if so what you did to help yourself as we can’t take ibuprofen. Thanks 😀

[SheffieldJane]

It could be muscle weakness from activity, Pred causes this. Have you been lugging Christmas decorations around? Have a look at the posts, they appear on the right of my iPad screen. There is useful information in these threads.

[Thelmarina in reply to SheffieldJane]

Thanks SJ, I’ll take a look x

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

You can use ibuprofen gel or another muscle gel without that drug in it - Pernaton Green Lipped Muscle Extract for example. * or even mussel…..

Or if you think it might be osteoarthritis, Flexiseq…

But would agree with  SheffieldJane does sound a bit more muscular - I recently had similar and I think it’s because I have upgraded iPad - slightly larger with a heavier case and I lifted it a bit awkwardly….

[Thelmarina in reply to DorsetLady]

Thanks - very reassuring! Green Lipped Muscle Extract sounds wonderful - muscles instead of mussels 😂

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Thelmarina]

oops…brain not fully functioning as yet!

[PMRpro Ambassador]

I get pain there - always been part of my PMR. It is improved now since the pain clinic said to use an NSAID 2x daily - not ibuprofen and not available in the UK so no point me saying what. It could be OA but not sure.

[Thelmarina in reply to PMRpro]

Thanks! Over-use with Christmas clearing rings a bell 😀. I still like to do as much as I can before asking for help. I’ll give it a while and see if it calms down. It would be very sudden and very specific for OA I think - and hope 🙃

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Thelmarina]

A wrist support might help a lot until it heals

[piglette]

It could be a carpal tunnel problem, check here to see if it is similar. nhs.uk/conditions/carpal-tu...