Abstract

Bhandare Madhuri Vitthalrao* and Mhatre Sagar Raghunath

ABSTRACT

Chronic wrist pain can be difficult to manage and the differential diagnosis is extensive. The prevalence rate of wrist tendinitis is 0.5% among men and 1.3% among women. Tendinitis is the inflammation of a tendon .It happens when a person overuses or injures a tendon. Risk factors include high force, repetation & awkward positions. clinical presentation includes localized pain and tenderness. Conventional treatments are generally employed empirically to fight pain & inflammation. However these treatments are not completely satisfactory and the recurrence of symptoms is common. According to Ayurveda sushruta mentioned blood letting in ekadeshaj shotha i.e. inflammation defined to one place. Hence in this case study a patient of wrist tendinitis is treated with leech therapy provided considerable relief of pain.