knuckle pain from hawthorne

[chish]

2 weeks ago  I  got a thorn in my knuckle. I pulled it out and a pain shot across my knuckle. It was very red, hot and swollen. The day after I went to the Dr’s who put me on anti biotics for a week, flucloxacillin. The swelling and redness reduced. Now it is slightly swollen with a lot of pain in the joint of my finger, all around it, where I touch the knuckle, or use my hand , I feel. It . How long might this pain last ?

[chish]

Hello, thank you for your reply. I have been back to the Doctor who has put me on another course of anti biotics , Flucloxacillin and ibuprofen, I am to take this this week to see if it eases....
thanks again
Rachel

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi!
How long the pain will last is difficult to say. However if symptoms are not subsiding then please ask your doctor to check if there is a piece of thorn left behind. This may be acting as a source of infection. Other possibility is a reactive arthritis. If there is no infection, your doctor could put you on corticosteroids (contraindicated if there is infection). Also you could take some non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to bring down the swelling. Do discuss this with your doctor. Take care!

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