Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (3)
A Pain in the ... Hands
The condition: Though carpal tunnel syndrome's shining moment in the media spotlight may have come and gone, the ailment is still very much real for many a hobbled keyboard jockey. According to AOL Health, carpal tunnel occurs when the median nerve in your forearm becomes pinched due to swelling. The effect is numbness, tingling and pain in the palm side of your thumb, index and middle fingers.
How to prevent or cure it: You can avoid carpal tunnel by taking frequent typing breaks and using a splint to keep your wrists straight. For more, check out 26 Home Remedies for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from Howstuffworks.
How to prevent or cure it: You can avoid carpal tunnel by taking frequent typing breaks and using a splint to keep your wrists straight. For more, check out 26 Home Remedies for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from Howstuffworks.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sylvia @ Apr 12th 2007 4:02PM
this is soo true im 14 and im always haveing pains in my wrist when im on my laptop too lond.One day my mother told me its carpel tunnel from typing on the computer and i had to stay off for a while i thought it was just to get me off my computer but i guess its really from it.
Zach @ Apr 12th 2007 4:31PM
Laptop keyboards are so cramped that I think they will cause CT sooner. I started typing (on regular sized keyboards) around 8 years old and never stopped. After getting a job with lots of repetitive movements, carpel tunnel reared its head. Eventually I needed operations on both wrists - but now I'm great. I don't understand how people type so long on laptops - it's just so bad for your hands!
Ashley @ Apr 12th 2007 5:16PM
Yeah I have this most likely, I get lots of pains.
Robyn @ Apr 12th 2007 6:22PM
umm... go outside and play a sport or run or go to the movies?? thats all i have to say to you.
scott @ Apr 17th 2007 3:35PM
I have been using computers sence I was 5 and i have no problems but i have to agree with latop keybords are too small but thats why i own a laptop that has a full sized keyboard because my laptop has a 19" screen so it fits on it fine.
marvele9 @ Apr 19th 2008 3:48AM
Had you tried a home remedy? Its works. 7 mashed garlic and 7 lemons juice. Pour both together and leave in the fridge over nite. Use a glass bottle container. In the moring before breakfast. Just drink a small med's cup. Use the one we give our children measured. After,ten days you all will see the different.
Good Luck!!!!
Cleskajan @ Apr 21st 2008 1:14PM
Blackberry Thumb is the last thing you need to worry about compared to the electromagnetic waves your putting through you brain.
John @ Apr 21st 2008 1:17PM
Blackberry Thumb is the last thing you need to worry about compared to the electromagnetic waves your putting through you brain.