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When to seek medical advice
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Fingers
Call your doctor if:
• The finger pain is caused by injury
• The problem persists after 2 weeks of home treatment
• There is numbing or tingling in the fingers
• There is severe pain at rest
• It is impossible to straighten the fingers
Wrist
Get emergency care if:
• You are unable to move your wrist, hand or a finger.
• Your wrist, hand, or fingers are misshapen.
• You are bleeding significantly.
Call your doctor right away if:
• You have a fever over 100°F.
• You have a rash.
• You have swelling and redness of your wrist and you have had a recent illness (like a virus or other infection).
Call your doctor for an appointment if:
• You have swelling, redness or stiffness in one or both wrists.
• You have numbness, tingling, or weakness in the wrist, hand, or fingers with pain.
• You have lost any muscle mass in the wrist, hand, or fingers.
• You have been following self-care treatments for two weeks but still have pain.
Elbow
Contact your doctor if:
• You have a prolonged case of tendinitis that doesn't improve with home care.
• The pain is due to a direct elbow injury.
• There is obvious deformity.
• You are unable to use the elbow.
• You have fever or swelling and redness of your elbow.
• A child has elbow pain.
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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