The bone fracture of the radius in the forearm is called distal radius fracture. It is often results due to a fall onto an outstretched hand. It is also known as wrist fracture because of its proximity to the wrist joint. Pain in your wrist may be a sign that your joints suffer from arthritis. This inflammatory condition includes symptoms like stiffness, swelling, and pain in the affected joints. There are specific types of distal radius fracture namely, Colles’ fracture, Smith’s fracture, Barton’s fracture, Chauffeur’s fracture. These names are applied to the specific patterns in which the radius suffers a fracture.
In order to diagnose your wrist arthritis, a doctor will examine if your wrist is swelling or not. Identifying the area of swelling the doctor can tell which wrist joint are most affected. From the movement of your fingers, doctors can easily diagnose the condition of the fracture and pain. Problems in the wrist can further affect the peripheral tendons. Initially, a doctor may advice you to wear a wrist splint for temporary or long-term arthritis relief. In order to get relief from pain, you need to avoid manual labour and playing any kind of sport and keep your hand at rest.
If you suffer from a moderate pain then steroid injections can bring you relief. However, if you suffer from disabling pain despite of medication and exercise, a doctor then recommends surgery as treatment for wrist arthritis. Wrist acts as a stabilizer for a hand and its efficient functioning and pain in wrist joints hinders proper functioning of the hand. In such a situation, doctors advice a patient to undergo a surgery. Surgery is recommended when all other treatments have failed to relieve you from pain. In a surgical treatment, a surgeon removes bones, fuse bones or replace them.
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