 [ Symptoms ] are there aids for a wrist sprain wearing a sock around my wrist as the weather gets cooler helps a little bit also i have tried wearing a magnetic bracelet running warm water over it ice or cold makes it hurt and i tried a product for arthritis pain but had a bad reaction to it i fell a week ago on concrete and had a big bruise on my left knee and my left wrist is weak and hurts down through the middle of my palm of my hand although both knees and hands hit the sidewalk i am 65 is this how one gets arthritis [ Disease ] you are correct it is early most ents wait three months of persistent middle ear fluid before even considering tubes as a therapeutic approach a week and a half is nothing many children with a middle ear infection will have some residual fluid for a while so we just watch and wait  unless your child has profound hearing loss or other health issues