Do you worry about carpal tunnel from all the typing you do?

@sharone74 (4837)
United States
March 28, 2007 11:57am CST
When I spend a lot of hours on the computer for a few days my wrists and the palms of my hands burn and ache and my fingers get cold and numb. Anybody else have this problem. Is it carpal tunnel?
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• United States
28 Mar 07
Sounds like it to me. I have it in both writs and the same symptoms. Not much we can do except stop typing and wearing a wrist bandage. Hope you feel better.
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@sharone74 (4837)
• United States
29 Mar 07
Ice also helps the inflamation. So does taking aspirin or Ibuprophen.it will only get worse though.
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@missyd79 (3438)
• United States
31 Mar 07
I know my hand that i use for my mouse is always cold but i figured it was just from it being on my mouse all the time. I sometimes get shooting pains from my wrist up my arm and up to my thumbs and i know that could be a sign of carpel tunnel. ur symptoms could also be from carpel tunnel. i am on a coumputer everyday because i work on a computer and then when i am done with work i am on my personal computer then for a few hours also.
@sharone74 (4837)
• United States
3 Apr 07
carpal tunnel braces - carp0al tunnel braces for wrists
Those sound like carpal tunnekl symptoms all right. Take precautions to insure that it progresses as slowky as possible as carpal tunnel is cumulative and incurable.
• Canada
28 Mar 07
it could be or you could just need to get proper chair that support the forearm adn shoulder so you do not have to rest your wrist on the key board.
@sharone74 (4837)
• United States
29 Mar 07
or I may need a wrist support guard.
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