tendanitis?

Question

does anyone have tenadnitis?the dr thinks i may have it ,,i'm worried,,,i've been onpain killers and anti inflamatories,,even predinsone,,,now he's cheking my blood,,,i hope it's not any type of arthritis,,,my left wrist is always in pain,,,

Answer 1

What you have is tendinitis...Tendon (the cord from your elbow) itis (infection) tendinitis.two syllables. There's nothing to be frightened about. It's a precursor in many ways to carpal tunnel syndrome, (a infection of the covering of the sheaths of the tendons) and, I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't have this also. He has probably given you something for it to prevent it. The anti-inflamitories. The prednisone will help your immune system fight off an infection. The pain killers are for the burning, don't abuse them. He's checking your blood for white count for infection. It takes a long time to heal and, longer to get so, between the two you can have it for months. Yes, it could and probably has already lead to arthritis, you could take to him about this. There are controls for this.

One type of help. If you use this wrist, get a wrist brace, from your drug store. Don't smoke, this wards off healing and actually drags down the use of drugs. Don't drink while using these drugs. Good luck