Asked by Anonymous - Sprained wrists do I need to see a doctor?: Both of my wrists are sore from when I fell and landed on them, lots of swelling on top of wrists and swelling up to knuckles.  Knuckle area doesnt hurt but wrists are sore, can the doctor do anything if I do go or do I even need to see a doctor for this ?

Anonymous Says: I think your age matters alot here.  Over 40 then I would go to doctor for sure.  Any bruising or discoloration then I would go to a doctor for sure.  You need to have xray done on those wrist bones to make sure they will heal right.  You can also buy those wrist splints braces which have the metal bar in them to help stabilize but that doesnt replace a cast if broken but will give some support until then.  Buy the longer ones that go up the forearm, not the shorter ones that are on just the wrist area.

Anonymous Says: If your wrist is flexible, meaning you can make a fist,then open hand, then fist again, and you can roll hand forward or up without major pain then my guess is its just a sprain and you probably dont need tosee a doctor.  If its so sore you cant even open a door with the arm or cant move wrist without pain, go to an emergency care center.  You can walk into those clinics without appointment and they have xray machines on site.  Alot of people dont realize there are urgent care centers around which are better for this type of thing and they are also open longer then your doctors office.

Anonymous Says: Actually they are called urgent care centers

Anonymous Says: I thought I had sprained wrists from falling and 5 days later got an xray and doctor said I had breaks in the distal radius in one wrist.  Its good I got it checked because it was immobilized in cast and they said it may need surgery to prevent life long complications like arthritis otherwise, so they told me after it was in cast not to do anything with it and they will xray it again in 6 weeks to see if anything further was needed.  Everything checked out good when done!  It sucked going to doctor but glad I did it now!

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