Prevention and treatment of mouse hand

  Mouse hand, commonly known as carpal tunnel syndrome, is a symptom produced by compression of the median nerve in the human body, as well as the blood vessels entering the hand, at the carpal tunnel, which mainly causes stiffness and pain in the index and middle fingers, numbness and a feeling of weakness in the muscles of the thumb.  Due to people’s prolonged contact and use of computers every day, repeatedly typing on the keyboard and moving the mouse, the wrist joints become paralyzed, swollen, painful, and spasmodic due to long-term intensive, repeated and excessive activities of the wrist muscles or joints. Office workers, teachers, editors, journalists, etc. are the high incidence of mouse hand. This disease, become increasingly common modern civilization disease.  The initial symptoms of the mouse hand, mainly manifested as a gradual numbness and pain in the hand, intensified at night, often waking up in pain in a dream. Many patients will also be accompanied by wrist joint swelling, hand movement inflexibility, weakness and other symptoms.  Prevention] Do not work in a posture that does not move. The keyboard should be placed in the front of the body in the center, to avoid the keyboard tilted to the side, with the elbow level height close to the keyboard to use the mouse, can prevent excessive strain on the carpal tunnel. It is best to use the curvature of a larger, wider contact surface, to help disperse the force of the mouse.  Ensure that the use of the mouse when the wrist is straight, the arm does not hover, move the mouse when trying to use arm force, avoid using wrist force.  Operate the mouse for more than half an hour or an hour, should rest for a moment. During the work, it is appropriate to often stretch and relax the operating hand, can slowly bend the wrist, repeatedly do 10 seconds per hour, can also continue to do 10 seconds per hour to clench the fist activities.  【Treatment】 people who suffer from mouse hand, to actively treat, full rest. Can do physical therapy, local closure, etc., serious people can also do microsurgery. There are also many methods of Chinese medicine to treat this disease, such as external application of Chinese medicine, fumigation, acupuncture, etc. In fact, kneading the wrist joint, twisting and pulling the fingers and pressing the relevant acupuncture points can also unblock the meridians to stop the pain and reduce the pain symptoms.  During the treatment period, wrist force and cold should be avoided, and hot compresses can be applied when the pain is severe. In severe cases, minimally invasive surgery can be performed.