I was at work yesterday cutting some
things out with scissors and all of a
sudden the upper part of my right thumb
went numb. I was wondering why this
could have happened at first I thought it
went to sleep but I woke up this morning
and it was still numb. Any help you can
give would be great!! :?:
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kierra
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 7 Location: jacksonville
Posted: 03-20-06 11:35am
Your thumb has no circulation, relax your
thumb in a warm area or some lukewarm
water, message your thumb out in some
heat.
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CTG
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Utah
Posted: 03-20-06 12:09pm
Hi,
I had a simular problem only my two
fingers and thumb were involved and
painful it was difficult using my hand for
anything. They had no color and would
turn purple when imerged in warm water. I
was diagnoised with raynauds disease. The
pain has gone some what and my fingers
still go purple in warm water. At one
point they couldn't get a pulse reading in
my finger. I had neverheard of such thing
but recearch it and see if you thing this
is want is going on. Cold makes it worse.
I had people tell me it could be corpal
tunnel. Let me know what you find out or
if it persists
ctg
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kierra
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 7 Location: jacksonville
Posted: 03-20-06 16:03pm
Well it is probably carpal tunnel but I
would ask your doctor first.
It depends what type of pain and aching
you hsve in the numbness in your finger
and thumb.
I pulled up some information maybe this
will help.
One of the earliest signs of carpal
tunnel syndrome is numbness and pain in
the hand at night. The distribution is
distinctively in the thumb, index and
middle fingers of the hand.
: carpal tunnel syndrome results from
compression of the median nerve at the
wrist. It can present, as noted above,
with nighttime findings which may progress
to daytime pain, numbness and weakness of
the thumb. Carpal tunnel syndrome is
often seen in patients who do repetitive
tasks such as typing, writing or knitting,
for example.
: try making a fist and then flexing your
wrist to make a 90 degree angle with
respect to the forearm. Hold it there for
a minute or so. If this maneuver
reproduces the pain, you likely have
carpal tunnel. This is known as phalen's
test.
: initial therapy for carpal tunnel
syndrome is conservative with a wrist
splint and avoidance of things that would
aggravate matters. Surgery for
decompression of the nerve is indicated
only after a period of conservative
therapy has failed to improve the
symptoms.
: speak to a physician about the diagnosis
of carpal tunnel in you situation for an
opinion. Also, one should be wise to the
possibility of a herniated cervical disc
in this situation as well.
