Raj Ragoowansi, a doctor in a large plastic surgery hospital in London, recently found that the number of teenagers suffering from a "selfie wrist" is increasing, and the number of patients aged 65,438+08-35 has increased by about 30% to 40%. Some of them are so serious that they even have to undergo surgery to relieve their discomfort.
Kim kardashian, the star of the reality show, also suffered from "* * * wrist" because she loves * * *. "* * wrist" is a wrist joint disease as its name implies. Strictly speaking, it belongs to carpal tunnel syndrome, but unlike ordinary carpal tunnel syndrome, it is mainly caused by excessive * * *.
Caption: More and more people like * * *. /Image source: lovepik, think back, did you hold your mobile phone for a long time in order to take a good photo? Is it a little uncomfortable to hold your wrist for a long time? If there is, be careful!
* * * Long-term excessive bending of wrist is the chief culprit of * * * wrist. This unnatural posture will oppress the nerves in the wrist, which will cause numbness and tingling in severe cases, and may cause symptoms such as inability to hold things or numbness of fingertips in the later stage; More seriously, it may cause the fingers to lose consciousness completely, or lose the ability to distinguish between hot and cold through touch, that is, the nerves are completely damaged.
Last year, kim kardashian, a TV celebrity, was banned from carrying a mobile phone by doctors because of a wrist injury in an episode of the reality show Walking with the Kardashians. In addition, this disease makes her wrist ache from time to time, even if she wants to take the mobile phone, she can't take it herself.
Are you carpal tunnel syndrome? A check! However, is carpal tunnel syndrome as long as wrist pain? Actually, it's not. Li Hsin-hsien, a rehabilitation physician at Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, said that carpal tunnel syndrome has a very simple way of self-examination. Using the physical method of Phalen test, put your fingers down at 90 degrees with your arms, and lean against each other for one minute. If your fingers are numb or tingling, it may be carpal tunnel syndrome.
Caption: It's a simple trick to check wrist health at home/Image source: The doctor provided him that usually the patient's hands are dull, especially the thumb, index finger, middle finger and ring finger. In severe cases, thenar atrophy will appear in the hand muscles, and the hand grip strength will become worse. Li Xinxian said that the nerve conduction test can also detect that the median nerve is slow when passing through the carpal tunnel.
The principle of mobile phone extension disease and "short message hand" civilization disease is the key. A small mobile phone brings us too much convenience, but at the same time it also brings us some troubles, not only a strange disease of the wrist, but also a kind of "thumb extension", similar to * * *. The main reason for texting is that too many fingers are used to send messages, which leads to finger discomfort.
Therefore, we should pay attention to avoid repetitive actions in daily life, such as typing for a long time, using a mouse or sliding a mobile phone, or holding a hoe, cutting vegetables, using scissors or grasping other tools for a long time, especially for patients with acute and severe pain, which is conducive to the recovery of injured tendons and avoiding the recurrence of diseases.
Dr. Li Xinxian's little file
Present post: Rehabilitation physician of Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital specializes in shoulder and neck pain, 50 shoulders, lumbago, stroke rehabilitation, finger trigger, spinal cord injury, developmental retardation and facial paralysis.