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Wrist swelling

Wrist swelling: Introduction

Wrist swelling: Swelling of the wrist due to an inflammatory reaction. See detailed information below for a list of 33 causes of Wrist swelling, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Wrist swelling:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Wrist swelling. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Wrist pain
• Wrist inflammation
• Wrist fracture
• Wrist arthritis
  • Arthritis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Ganglion
• Tuberculosis
• See also wrist pain, wrist stiffness, or other wrist symptoms
• Raynaud's disease
• Smoking
• Scleroderma
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Dermatomyositis
• Polymyositis
• Mixed connective tissue disorder
• Cold agglutinin disease
• more causes...»

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Causes of Types of Wrist swelling:

Review causes of types of Wrist swelling in more specific categories:

• Wrist swelling in pregnancy (9 causes)
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Wrist swelling: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Wrist swelling, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Wrist swelling and Nerve symptoms (25 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Pain (25 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Sensory symptoms (25 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Sensations (24 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Limb symptoms (23 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Arm symptoms (22 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Hand symptoms (22 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Joint symptoms (22 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Swelling symptoms (22 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Musculoskeletal symptoms (19 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Wrist pain (18 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Wrist symptoms (17 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Skin symptoms (17 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Movement symptoms (16 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Skeletal symptoms (16 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Leg symptoms (15 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Muscle symptoms (15 causes)
• Wrist swelling and Foot symptoms (14 causes)
• more...»

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Wrist swelling Treatments

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Stories from Users for Wrist swelling

Real-life user stories relating to Wrist swelling:

• muscle aches, swollen wrist, fever - any ideas?
• 9yr old with swollen wrists, pain increases at night
• Swollen palm and wrist pain in male child of 11 years of age
• swollen hand and wrist
• Water retention and swelling after broken wrist....
• 9yr old with swollen wrists, pain increases at night
• Swelling in palms, soles, moving to wrists

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Wrist swelling: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Wrist swelling may include these symptoms:

• Nerve symptoms
• Pain
• Sensory symptoms
• Sensations
• Limb symptoms
• Arm symptoms
• Hand symptoms
• Joint symptoms
• Swelling symptoms
• more associated symptoms...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Wrist symptoms (37 causes)
• Swelling symptoms (3730 causes)
• Arm symptoms (1619 causes)
• Hand symptoms (2016 causes)
• Limb symptoms (3592 causes)
• Joint symptoms (1430 causes)
• Leg symptoms (2751 causes)
• Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes)
• Skeletal symptoms (4109 causes)
• more symptoms...»

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• Wrist
• Wrist symptoms (37 causes)
• Wrist disease
• Wrist disorder
• Wrist pain (45 causes)
• Swelling (3730 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Wrist swelling

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Wrist swelling:

• Swelling (3730 causes)
• Edema (208 causes)
• Hand swelling (54 causes)
• Wrist bruise (10 causes)
• Wrist pain (45 causes)
• Wrist tingling (10 causes)
• Wrist weakness (33 causes)
• Wrist lump (20 causes)
• Wrist inflammation (11 causes)
• Wrist fracture
• Wrist arthritis
• Arthritis (224 causes)
• Osteoarthritis (29 causes)
• Rheumatoid arthritis (17 causes)
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• more symptoms...»

Wrist swelling: Deaths

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Wrist swelling: Research Related Doctors & Specialists

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  • Pediatric Rheumatology (Child Joint Health)
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Organs affected by Wrist swelling:

The list of organs typically affected by Wrist swelling may include, but is not limited to:

• Wrist

Detailed list of causes of Wrist swelling

The list below shows some of the causes of Wrist swelling mentioned in various sources:

• Arthritis
• Brain -- bone -- fat - wrist swelling
• Carnevale-Canun-Mendoza syndrome - wrist swelling
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Carpotarsal osteochondromatosis - wrist swelling
• Cold agglutinin disease
• Colles' fracture - wrist swelling
• more causes...»

See full list of 33 causes of Wrist swelling

How Common are these Causes of Wrist swelling?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Wrist swelling. Of the 33 causes of Wrist swelling that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 4 causes are "very common" diseases
• 2 causes are "common" diseases
• 3 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 3 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 27 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 33 causes of Wrist swelling

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Wrist swelling:

The following list of conditions have 'Wrist swelling' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which include a symptom of Wrist swelling or choose View All.

B

• Brain -- bone -- fat ... wrist swelling

C

• Carnevale-Canun-Mendoza syndrome ... wrist swelling
• Carpotarsal osteochondromatosis ... wrist swelling
• Colles' fracture ... wrist swelling
• Common Variable Immunodeficiency ... swollen wrist

G

• Ganglion cyst ... swollen wrist
• Gout ... wrist swelling

J

• Joint injury -- wrist ... wrist swelling

K

• Kienbock disease ... wrist swelling

S

• Singh-Williams-McAlister, syndrome ... wrist swelling

T

• Talo-patello-scaphoid osteolysis, synovitis, and short fourth metacarpals ... wrist swelling

W

• Wrist conditions ... Wrist swelling
• Wrist fracture ... Wrist swelling
• Wrist injury ... Wrist swelling
• Wrist sprain ... wrist swelling

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Causes of Wrist swelling Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Wrist swelling based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?

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Medical Conditions associated with Wrist swelling:

Wrist symptoms (37 causes), Swelling symptoms (3730 causes), Arm symptoms (1619 causes), Hand symptoms (2016 causes), Limb symptoms (3592 causes), Joint symptoms (1430 causes), Leg symptoms (2751 causes), Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes), Skeletal symptoms (4109 causes)

Symptoms related to Wrist swelling:

Swelling (3730 causes), Edema (208 causes), Hand swelling (54 causes), Wrist bruise (10 causes), Wrist pain (45 causes), Wrist tingling (10 causes), Wrist weakness (33 causes), Wrist lump (20 causes), Wrist inflammation (11 causes), Wrist fracture, Wrist arthritis, Arthritis (224 causes), Osteoarthritis (29 causes), Rheumatoid arthritis (17 causes), Carpal tunnel syndrome

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Wrist swelling

Medical research papers related to Wrist swelling include:

• Kienbö (Overview)ck Disease (Overview)
• Diagnosis and Management of Scaphoid Fractures
• The use of ice in the treatment of acute soft-tissue injury: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

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