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Ibuprofen . . . prophen? whatever…that stuff
excellent anti-inflammatory.
Highly recommended. Take it religiously for a few days.
I know there are many people here who are anti-drug, and I’ve been so in the past, but recently (past 1.5 years) I’ve learned the value of better living through pharmaceuticals. I was diagnosed with arthritis, and was reluctant to take the simplest and safest drugs. Then I broke my leg, and by golly pain relievers relieve pain, and anti-inflammatory drugs reduce swelling! THEN I pinched a nerve in my neck and I was more than willing to take ANYTHING that reduced my agony. To my utter amazement, the mega-anti-inflammatory not only helped my neck, but my arthritic hands and my healed-but-still-hurting leg.
Now Tyghre, my resident nurse, doesn’t have to battle me to take Ibuprofen when I’m hurting, or when I’m about to be hurting (after a nasty workout).
If the pain doesn’t resolve, see a doctor.
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Look kiddo, while I generally support your disdain for all these pharmaceuticals, anti-imflammatories are a blessing. Whether you have permanent damage or temporary, reducing the inflammation around it will reduce the pain.
if it helps, goes strip some willow bark and boil it and drink the tea. Then you will have ingested aspirin, but not in a “scary” lil white pill. I will pass on the holistic process and thank the company that put it in a little sugary-covered pill and take two and call me in the morning. Thins my blood too, so I can reach 2000 posts someday without clotting up and doubling over. Only aspirin works for me, btw though I had cool but disturbing hallucinations with naprosyn once.
Tylenol doesnt do much for Doc Weekster.
Hey, don’t worry about it! It’s only your hand, after all.
Come on: See a doctor.
Although this seems to have turned into a discussion of the pharmaceutical world - four words:
Go see a doctor.
Get to a doctor. While this is in all probability something minor (A sprain of the wrist), there remains the possibility of 1) Torn muscles 2) Stretched tendons/ligaments 3) Strained muscles.
In any of these cases (Especially considering a previous injury, be SURE to tell the doc about that), leaving it alone can cause even more damage, to the point of causing maladies (i.e. Carpal Tunnel) that you don’t currently have.
There are somewhere around 40 muscles in the hand/wrist area. Way too many too be taking chances with.
Aodhan
Ice, ice, ice. Twenty minutes on, twenty minutes off. Reduces swelling and deadens the nerves so any residual swelling is less painful. Just don’t drip in your keyboard–they’re twitchy about that.
My experience caring for patients in intensive care has lead me to believe that medicines will help you more if you start taking them well before you are at death’s door. I understand peoples’ distrust of modern medicine and pharmaceuticals, but we put “artificial” and “processed” substances in ourselves every day. We call it food. I am living proof of the good of modern because I very likely would be dead now or at least severly crippled if I was not taking the drugs I take 3-4 times a day (it’s not HIV 
). My advice: those joint things get worse before they get better. Find a good health care practitioner.
Mike
Beyond the analgesics, my advice would be to STAY OFF THE COMPUTER, typing and using a mouse is not good for even slightly injured joints, and will only make it worse.
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Ibuprofen the best invention since sliced bread!
When I was in the British Army, it was normal for the Doc to give ibuprofen for a number of differant injuries.
It was also normal for the guys to take ibuprofen during long marches, sometimes (as soldiers do) we would be required to walk (Or TAB in Army speak) 30 to 40 miles in a day, with 60 to 70 pounds, at the end of the TAB it would often be nessesary to fight a battle (mock or otherwise)which obviously causes allot of discomfort.
After or during these TABs, the lads would have shoudler strains, pulled muscles in legs, foot problems, back strains, and taking the anti flamitary drug made the pain bearable, and also the chance of injury wasnt so high.
God bless the drug industry!!!
You’re a little scary when you get smart. Actually, you’re a little scary most of the time… 
I will see a doctor, eventually. I’m going through therapy and part of it is to learn to interact with ‘real’ people. I haven’t gotten that far yet, but once I do I will probably go to the doctor over a lot of things…
If you want “real” people, what are you doing here? :roll: Been there, done that. People don’t come here because they want “real”. Trust me on this one.
serpent
what’s wrong with being scary? I rather enjoy it! 
Number one: See a doctor. The pain may come and go, but if you have any sort of recurring discomfort, get yourself to a doctor who can fix you. Do you want to lose the use of your hand? Is it worth seeing a “real” person in order to keep your hand funcitonal?
Number two: baby your hurt wrist. Do not use it. Put the mouse on the other side of the keyboard. Use your left hand on the mouse. Yes, I know it is not comfy. But it isn’t agravating your right wrist any, is it?
A wrist rest is a very nice thing. I use a gel rest at work (where I do most of my online stuff and am on the computer all day) and a rolled up towel at home.
Another thing that made a big difference for me was to stop using a conventional mouse at home. I was getting some big pain in my wrist. Very nasty. My brother gave me a trackball. Pain went away. With the trackball (Kensington Super Mouse, apparently sold under the name Expert Mouse for PCs), my wrist is not moving when I use it. Just my fingers. Worth looking into. I now have one of these at work.
And limit your time on the computer. Severely.
But get to a doctor first thing. (Why do folks ask for advice when they know what will be said, then argue that they don’t want to do it?)
-Patrick
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You’re scary by nature. Cranberry has to work at it. BIIIIG difference!
Serp
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