My 55-year-old woman. Already this month the thumb and index finger on my left hand frequently felt heavy. Sometimes the complaint was indeed missing. But, if used for washing clothes, thick flavor appears again.
It feels increasingly uneasy after a few days I woke up tonight because two fingers are like fire. Once silenced 30 minutes, it feels better. What is wrong with ya, Doc?
Satin, Surabaya
Fingers are part of the body which has high mobility and coordination in everyday activities. Start function grasping, writing, holding, until the lift.
Function gerakaj finger coordination is done by 19 muscles in the hand and controlled the three nerves. Namely, the radial, ulnar, and median. If there is interference with the nerves or muscles, finger function would be disturbed.
My mother complained about feeling thicker on the thumb, forefinger, and no burning sensation. It may occur due to the emphasis on the median nerve. Its location, inside the tunnel hand.
In fact, these nerve provide a sense of touch on the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and half the ring finger. Median nerve that also provides functions to move the fingers. Especially, the function of writing, taking small objects and buttoning clothes.
The disease is called carpal tunnel syndrome. Which is often affected by the syndrome are middle-aged women, obese, pregnant, and people with diabetes. Also, many workers who use hand and wrist with excessive movement. The impact, chronic inflammation of the muscle layer around nerve tendong in carpal tunnel / hand.
To know the state of the median nerve, it is necessary electromyography examination (EMG). The results determine whether the therapy is conservative (no surgery) or surgery.
Conservative therapy and medication use mengistirahakan wrist movement using a wrist splint. Also, therapy equipment, ultrasound diathermy, and laser therapy. (Dr. Indra Tjahjono SpRM - Medical Rehabilitation Center)
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