Do you have “mouse hands” and “cell phone hands”?

Do you find that your hand is suddenly unable to reach and feel painful after long hours of computer operation? Frequent use of cell phones, there is a sudden feeling of pain and soreness in a part of the hand, can not make the strength? If so, then it is likely that you have got “mouse hand” and “cell phone hand”. What mouse hand? Medically known as carpal tunnel syndrome, commonly known as “mouse hand”, “keyboard wrist”, is due to a variety of reasons resulting in increased pressure in the carpal tunnel, from the arm to the fingers of the median nerve in the wrist pressure caused by the following median nerve distribution area of the wrist sensory and motor It causes a series of syndromes of sensory and motor dysfunction in the region of the median nerve distribution below the wrist. Common manifestations: 1. Stiffness, pain, and discomfort in the palm, fingers, wrist, forearm, and elbow. 2. 2, intermittent numbness and tingling in the fingers and palms, with some patients having more numbness in the thumb, index finger and middle finger. 3.Grip strength and the ability of various parts of the hand to work together are reduced. 4.Extension of the thumb is uncomfortable and painful, and in severe cases, weakness in the fingers and hand occurs. 5.The numbness occurs more often during sleep and just after waking up, and the pain is more severe at night and can affect sleep. 6.The pain can extend to the arm, upper back, shoulder and neck. What is “cell phone hand”? Medically, it is called tenosynovitis. Due to the frequent clicking on the cell phone screen for a long time, the repetitive action causes continuous excessive friction between the tendons of the hand, which induces injury inflammation and edema of the tendons and tendon sheaths of the fingers and wrist, resulting in local pain and restricted movement of the fingers and wrist over time. How to self-test whether there is a “cell phone hands”? 1, after force, the finger joints will “pop open” straight; 2, fingers, wrist will appear morning stiffness or long periods of immobility resulting in unfavorable activities, activities will improve; 3, the wrist thumb root will appear swollen and hot, can feel a bulge, press hard will be painful; 4, the four fingers wrapped around the thumb to make a fist position, the fist to the little finger direction to do downward pressure action, there will be pain. So how to treat “mouse hand” and “cell phone hand”? 1, conservative treatment: the occurrence of carpal tunnel syndrome or tenosynovitis reaction in the acute phase, local pain swelling and burning sensation should stop working, let the hand rest. The use of cold compresses and other methods to reduce swelling and pain. If you enter the chronic phase, in addition to rest, should pay attention to promote local blood circulation, you can apply hot compresses, massage, electrotherapy, etc. to control the symptoms, if necessary, wear protective gear. 2.Medication: oral cortisol anti-inflammatory drugs, or local closed treatment. 3.Surgical treatment: If the situation continues to worsen, and the hand movement and sensation are obviously impaired, it can receive local surgical treatment. How to prevent and rehabilitate? Avoid excessive finger and wrist strain; 2. Avoid poor hand posture, such as over-extension and over-abduction of the thumb; 3. Avoid repetitive hand or wrist movements for a long time; 4. Relax the fingers and wrist between long working hours. Recommended several activities: 1, the main points of action: forearms remain motionless, control the palm muscles, swing the wrist back and forth. 2, the main action: five fingers slowly do grasping and pinching objects, activities five finger joints. 3, the main point of the activity: keep the forearm immobile, wrist to the two sides of the palm swing, activities on both sides.