The disease makes many women clumsy

April 23, 2022 12:36 GMT+7

Ms. Le Lan Huong – 42 years old, Hanoi complains that she often has numbness in her right hand. Fingers squeezing like ants crawling. The important thing is that it is difficult for Huong to work, and it is difficult to hold a pen and write. Sometimes, just holding chopsticks to eat rice, she also said hello. The illness made her very uncomfortable. From an active, confident woman, she became a clumsy woman because everything becomes difficult. At times, she fell into stress. Numb hands also made her not sleep well. Tired person.

She went for a physical examination, the doctor said it was carpal tunnel syndrome, also known as carpal tunnel. Ms. Huong had to have surgery to improve her grip function.

According to Dr. Truong Van Tai – Orthopedic Trauma and Plastic Surgery Specialist, Minh Anh International Hospital carpal tunnel syndrome is a disease of the carpal tunnel due to the transverse ligaments, ligaments in the wrist area. This is like a pulley for the tendon to fold up.

When the inflamed ligament thickens, it narrows the carpal tunnel and presses on the median nerve, causing the patient to experience numbness in the fingers. More severe than the patient as a needle prick in the finger. Even when driving, my hands are still numb. Worse yet, heavy pressure numbs the thumb area, so the patient can’t hold it.

Cause, most of the causes are idiopathic (accounting for 70%), the rest can be due to endogenous or exogenous causes.

Dr. Tai said that carpal tunnel syndrome does not affect health but affects quality of life. Patients with numbness lose feeling in their hands, affecting their work. Even, some patients are said to be driving for about 10-15 minutes with numb hands and must stop, driving always feels unsafe. The patient feels pain in the bones of the carpal tunnel; hand paresthesia; hand numbness; decreased or lost sensation in the median nerve area; weakness in the neck and hands, which may occur during the day, at night, or continuously throughout the day.

Carpal tunnel syndrome makes patients clumsy

Dr. Tai said that the treatment of carpal tunnel is simple, if it is mild, then take medicine and wear a carpal tunnel. The patient wears a cloth brace with clear aluminum to glue it back on. Can be purchased at any medical supply store. If the patient responds to the drug, it can be completely cured.

In severe patients, patients who do not respond to drugs still have uncomfortable numbness, the patient can have surgery. If the surgery is successful, the chance of recurrence is low. Patients with poor anatomy may bleed carpal tunnel creating scar tissue. The patient must use physical therapy to dispel the scar to make it more effective. Carpal tunnel surgery is completely cosmetic without worrying about scarring. It is possible to have laparoscopic surgery, but the two incisions on the baby’s wrist are almost open. Furthermore, open surgery is less expensive.

Surgery time for carpal tunnel syndrome will be very short, about 10-15 minutes and it’s done. Hospitalization depends on the medical facility. Some medical facilities force patients to stay. Some places will send patients home the same day.

To avoid carpal tunnel syndrome completely will be very difficult because many people travel by motorbike increasing wrist pressure every day, in addition, there are a number of reasons due to habit, some people have a habit. lying on the palm of the hand in many different ways, which is also a cause of wrist pressure. To prevent carpal tunnel syndrome, we can practice movements for the wrist to increase joint flexibility and reduce compression in the carpal tunnel.

Khanh Chi