If your hand is swelling then you must of burt your self, spained something or may have even broken it. you should ice it what ever happens.. R.I.C.E! use it!
fracture
Could be a lot of bad things. Time to see the doctor.
Loss of lymph nodes from surgery on the affected side often causes poor drainage from the arm on that side. This is why there can be hand and arm swelling.
This depends on many factors. The swelling is due to the tissue of the arm being damaged. It is possible to break the arm and not do enough damage to the muscles and skin to have any swelling, but it isn't likely. The length of time is also variable and could be anything from a day to several days.
Swelling or edema of the arm is an indication of inflammation or disturbances of blood or lymph flow causing a swollen appearance of the hand, forearm or fingers.
A tetanus vaccine injection can cause swelling of the arm. If it doesn't get better in a day, talk to the doctor.
An arm sling usually just support the arm in a neutral posisition , while an elevation sling supports the arm and keep it elevated above the heart leve to reduce swelling and pain. You would also yse them for different things, an arm sling for fractures to the lower arm or wrist and an elevation sling for fractures to the collarbone upper arm or fingers.
Right arm swelling and numbness can mean a great variety of things. This can signify a pretty bad neurological problem.
They quickly move their hand or arm, and scream 'aarrrgghhh!!!' Or someone clever would go to the tap and immeidately run their hand or arm under cold water, until the pain starts to go away. This is to prevent any swelling or burns
Your thumb is connected to your hand and your hand is connected to your arm.
It's common. It's caused by odema (swelling, water retention) that put pressure on the nerves that go through the arm and hand. That is what causes pins, needles and pain. See your doctor and get a splint to wear.
I assume it would be the hand because the arm is less used and the hand has at least 50,000 senses and is a main sense it would be handin conclusion, the hand would be the main and best answers for this particular question concluding that the arm is from bottom hand to arm socket
The problem you are experiencing does not look like RA, I have had a couple of very bad bouts of swelling around joints. especially the elbow. The swelling was hot soft and puffy.