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time if you are working at the desk,
• Keep your hands warm (Cold hands can aggravate
your pain and stiffness),
• Doing work without loading your hands and wrists,
• It is possible to reduce your complaints by taking
precautions such as avoiding vibratory operations,
which require repeated movement.
If you catch early on, taking into account the symptoms
of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, you can reduce your com-
plaints with simpler options such as wrist support and
pain relievers. Try not to put too much stress or force on
your wrist. Most people bend their wrists to sleep. This
prints on the median nerve. A wristband you will wear
with the proposal of my physician, to keep your wrist in
a straight position; During the day, especially during
activities that may trigger exacerbations.
Be careful to move your wrists as normal after wristband
removal. This helps your muscles to be loose and strong.
Night wrist use plays an important role in the treatment
of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
When do you need surgery?
Excessive strain on your repeated movements or wrists
when you have taken all the precautions may worsen
your symptoms and require surgery. Pain, pain, numb-
ness and tingling can spread to the arm and shoulder.
Untreated, over time, your muscles in your pubic can
lead to eradication. Usually under local anesthesia, the
ligament above the carpal tunnel is cut to reduce the
pressure.
The carpal tunnel is a narrow passage of bone and • Pain and tingling: The Carpal Tunnel slowly develops.
ligaments in the core of the handpiece. The median You notice the pain, numbness, pain, and tingling when The healing bond will allow a wider area in the Carpal
nerve with the movement of the 2nd and 3rd finger you wake up early, night, or morning. During the day, tunnel. Immediately after the operation, you can relax by
together with the thumb and the median nerve that you may feel burning, pain, or tingling while holding lifting your hand on your heart and moving your fingers
passes through it pass with the tendons, which keep our things such as a phone or book, or while driving. Shaking frequently. There may be some swelling and hardness;
fingers from bending our fingers and keeping us from or moving your fingers in the first place usually helps you But you can continue to use your surgical hand one day
our fingers. in the past of your complaints. • Sensitivity problems: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can also after surgery without much effort. Pain and weakness
cause numbness in hands. Some people may feel usually resolve within 2-3 months of surgery, but com-
The link covering this channel expands and inflates; • Weakness: As Carpal Tunnel Syndrome progresses, difficulty in distinguishing between hot and cold, even plete recovery may last up to six months.
Narrow and hard, it may cause numbness, tingling, you may begin to notice weakness in the thumb, the though they do not feel swollen as though their fingers
weakness or pain in the first 3 fingers of the hand by sign, and the middle finger. Especially when you are are swollen.
compressing the median in the palate. These indications punching your hand or trying to conceptualize a small
may be one or two handouts; Usually the most com- body, you can experience difficulties such as difficulty in Sometimes the symptoms of other diseases may be
monly used before hand is developed. It was first pushing down your hand by not holding a hand, or similar to those of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. In order for
described in the mid 1800s. It is more common in simply not being able to do simple things like kneeling the true cause of the complaints to be revealed, other
women by 3/1 than in men. shirts. In a more advanced stage, the muscles in the root problems must be excluded with the tests that your
of the thumb may melt. physician will be able to test. These;
Who are at risk? • Muscle, ligament or tendon injuries,
It is more common in the 30-50 age range. Although • Thumb or wrist arthritis,
there is widespread belief that people who spend hours • Wrist damage such as fracture,
at the computer, type, hold a phone for a long time, and • Nerve root compression between the neck spines,
use a steering wheel for a long time, It is more likely to • Nerve problems such as diabetic neuropathy.
be seen in people who frequently use vibrating hand
tools such as assembly lines and hold their hands up in Can Carpal Tunnel Syndrome be prevented?
the air. It is also common in people with chronic illnesses With no precise means to prevent carpal tunnel
that affect the immune system such as diabetes, gout, syndrome;
hypothyroidism, rheumatoid arthritis, and in those who • Ergonomic arrangement of your work area,
have twin babies, twin babies and those who carry them • Move your hands and wrists regularly, Op. Dr. Mehmet Yavuz Çırpıcı M.D.
all the time. • Avoiding keeping your arms and legs fixed for a long Derindere Hospital