sudden wrist pain followed by bruising

[luvmykids9806]

Last night I suddenly had strong cramp-like pain in my left wrist just below the palm on the side furthest from my thumb. Looking at it I could see what looked like a swolen vein, like the blood just couldn't pass & was stretching the vein. In relation to the rest of my hand/wrist that location felt quit a bit warmer. The pain lasted approximately 20 minutes then was gone, only hurting when the location where the bulging vein had been was touched. Now today, I woke up with a bruise in the exact location where the pain & vein had been, and it is still painful to touch. This has happened at least 2 other times that I can remember, both times on the other side of my wrist at the thumb joint closest to my wrist. All of these occurances are random and never following excessive use or injury of any sort, it's just out of the blue. I'm a bit concerned because the last time that it happened was just a few months ago, it seems to be getting more frequent, in the same wrist. Yes, I do type for my work, I won't totally rule that out as a cause, but what is it called, is it harmful, and can I prevent further events?

[Deb1259]

A related discussion, bruised  wrist  with pain was started.

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Thanks for writing to the forum!
There can be two main causes that should be looked into. One is Carpel tunnel syndrome. The other is a clot or thrombophlebitis in a vein at the wrist joint. You would need vascular studies to confirm that.
Hope this helps. Do discuss this with your doctor and get yourself examined. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!