Uma entorse de cotovelo é uma lesão em um ou mais ligamentos ao redor do cotovelo. Os ligamentos do cotovelo são faixas resistentes de tecido que conectam os ossos do braço e do antebraço ao redor da articulação do cotovelo. Uma entorse de cotovelo geralmente ocorre quando o braço sofre um alongamento repentino e forte durante uma atividade física ou um acidente.

Raridade: Comum

Sintomas

Dor
Dor
Inchaço
Dificuldade em dobrar e estender o cotovelo

Tratamento

Você deve colocar gelo e descansar o cotovelo usando o método RICE (descansar, colocar gelo, usar compressão e elevá-lo). Se a dor for muito intensa, o uso de AINEs como o ibuprofeno pode aliviar a dor.

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Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD, MPH.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dr. Rothschild has been a faculty member at Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He currently practices as a hospitalist at Newton Wellesley Hospital. In 1978, Dr. Rothschild received his MD at the Medical College of Wisconsin and trained in internal medicine followed by a fellowship in critical care medicine. He also received an MP...

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