If you are not taking a prescription pain medicine, ask your doctor if you can take an over-the-counter medicine. Put ice or a cold pack on your thumb for 10 to 20 minutes at a time. Try to do this every 1 to 2 hours for the next 3 days when you are awake or until the swelling goes down. Put a thin cloth between the ice and your skin. Prop up your hand on a pillow when you ice it or anytime you sit or lie down.
Try to keep it above the level of your heart. This will help reduce swelling. Call your doctor or nurse call line now or seek immediate medical care if: You have new or worse pain. Your thumb is cool or pale or changes colour. You have tingling, weakness, or numbness in your thumb. If a fiberglass cast or splint gets wet, you can dry it with a hair-dryer on a cool setting. A vacuum cleaner with a hose attachment can also be used to pull air through the cast for speed drying. You may use over-the-counter pain medicine to control pain, unless another pain medicine was prescribed.
Talk with your healthcare provider before taking these medicines if you have chronic liver or kidney disease, or if you have ever had a stomach ulcer or gastrointestinal bleeding. Follow up with your healthcare provider in the next 2 to 3 weeks, or as advised. It is important that you see the referral doctor. He or she can determine how long to leave any splint or cast in place and when to begin hand exercises. Was this helpful? Yes No Tell us more. Check all that apply. Wrong topic—not what I was looking for.
It was hard to understand. It didn't answer any of my questions. I still don't know what to do next. All rights reserved. Start each exercise slowly. Ease off the exercises if you start to have pain. You will be told when to start these exercises and which ones will work best for you. Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor or nurse call line if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
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