Hi all,
I have hurt my wrist/thumb area. I think it may be the scaphoid as I have fractured this before. Its kept me awake most of the night. When not using the hand there is only mild discomfort but when I use my thumb or put any pressure on my hand at all even drying hands etc the pain is intense. There is no swelling so dont know if it could be a fracture?
Obviously I am really reluctant to get this looked at in the current crisis. One because I dont want to put strain on nhs for something minor and two dont want to be near a hospital for obvious reasons! There is no minor injury unit here only A&E. My plan is to ignore it best I can until tomorrow and see if it's just something random. But if I still cant use my hand tomorrow would you get it checked? Really do not want to but aware untreated scaphoid may not heal and cause more issues! Thanks