Home treatment of which in the early stages can give good results. However, with severe discomfort and a significant decrease in the quality of life, you cannot do without visiting a specialist doctor.
When is the need for treatment?
- One of the first symptoms of the disease is palpable tingling and numbness in the fingers of the hand (large, middle and index). This manifestation may initially occur at different intervals, then appearing, then disappearing.
- Discomfort is felt in the area of the hand and forearm during movement.
- A sudden pain in this area can wake a person up in the middle of the night. Hands become weak to such an extent that sometimes they cannot hold objects familiar in everyday life. The compression of the median nerve is to blame for this, as a result of which the muscles of the thumb are disrupted.
The described symptoms are dangerous in that if they do not see a doctor on time, a person runs the risk of permanent damage to the nerves or muscles of the hands.
A compressed median nerve is the cause of the onset and development of tunnel syndrome. The median nerve is responsible for tactile sensitivity in the palm and fingers, as well as the muscles in the thumbs. The median nerve is responsible for all fingers of the hand except the little finger.
It is often a complication of diseases such as:
- diabetes;
- rheumatoid arthritis;
- obesity.
Sometimes pathology occurs during pregnancy due to fluid retention in the body, but after the birth of a child, the symptoms usually disappear on their own. At risk are those who work on equipment with vibrating parts, or workers on a conveyor belt, when the same hand movement is repeated many times in a row.
According to statistics, women over 50 years old are most susceptible to the disease. The situation is aggravated by bad habits of a person, due to which the blood supply to tissues deteriorates. Taking a number of medications sometimes leads to swelling of the nerve trunk.
The development of symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome is facilitated by many hours of work at the computer, especially the constant use of a computer mouse or joystick, long sets of texts.
Home treatments
Before treating carpal tunnel syndrome at home, you should definitely consult with a specialist.
It is necessary to treat the disease immediately after the first symptoms appear, this will prevent the further development of the disease.
Ideal conditions for the treatment of this pathology are to ensure the rest of the diseased hand and immobilize it. To do this, at night, you should put on a not very tight splint on your hand, which will provide fixation of the wrist joint.
At the first signs of illness, attention should be paid to the working conditions, changing the position to a safer one, regularly doing special ones. When working at the computer, take a short break to rest every 15 minutes.
If the pathology continues to progress, it is necessary to consult a doctor for prescribing anti-inflammatory drugs or physiotherapy.
During the day, you can do simple exercises to relieve symptoms of the disease. For example:
- squeezing the ball or using an expander;
- rotation of the hand, clenched into a fist, in different directions;
- squeezing and unclenching the hand with force.
Massage of the limb in the upward direction, which can be done independently, helps. First, the back and then the inner side of the hand are massaged. It helps to improve well-being by taking a contrast shower, alcohol compresses.
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Treatment with folk remedies helps to reduce pain, as well as relieve numbness in the limbs.
- One of the recipes is a sea buckthorn hand bath. For this, sea buckthorn berries are thoroughly kneaded and filled with water to make a thick gruel. The resulting mixture is then heated to about 37 ° C. Hands should be kept in the bath for half an hour, then wiped off with paper towels. After the procedure, the limbs are wrapped in warm cloth. It is best to do a bath every day for about a month, after 2 weeks the course is repeated if desired.
- A good result is achieved from compresses that must be done at night. To prepare a compress, you should mix 1 tbsp. l. salt, 50 ml of ammonia, 10 ml of camphor alcohol and 1 liter of water.
- Lingonberry broth will complement and enhance the effect of the treatment. It will take 2-3 tsp. lingonberry leaves, which must be filled with a glass of water. The broth is cooked on the stove for about 15 minutes, then infused for a while. The finished medicinal drink should be filtered and drunk at 1 tbsp. l. several times a day.
To prevent the disease, regular breaks from work are necessary, during which it is best to do exercises for the hands. Too sharp and amplitude bending and extension of the arms should be avoided, to ensure a convenient location of the tools necessary for work, to monitor the correct posture throughout the day.
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