Mystic Rain
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In recent weeks, I've developed symptoms of carpal tunnel in both hands. I'm not sure if it was already an underlying problem and gaining all that weight aggravated it, or it developed as a direct cause of the gain.
At any point, I have weakness in my wrists and hands, tingling and numbness sensations in my thumb and first three fingers at any given time. Holding objects for too long, especially if they're made of metal, produce the same results, and my whole hand becomes tingling and numb then. I'm wearing splints at night, but while they help some, it's just not as much as I'd like. And wearing them during the day at work is impossible with the kind of work I do. I am taking a multi-vitamin, which has an over 4,000 daily allowance of B6 in it.
Pain is inconsistant, and tends to come and go. So usually I don't have to take an aspirin for it or anything. It really hinders my performance, and I value my hands; I do everything with them. Which is why I'm so disheartened by this development.
The reason why I asked about weight having an impact was I was told it had something do with my weight, and also I looked up the risk factors, and it listed overweight being one of them. However, I don't think that's really true myself. I think it more that at work I'm doing so much with my hands in repetitive motions, and I've been doing that kind of work for almost six years.
Then I'm on the computer for five-six hours after work at home. Which doesn't really help much, but I do take frequent breaks. I've been trying to argue against a co-worker and friend, whom was the one that told me, that it's from gaining so much weight versus the constant strain on my wrists from all I do at work, where lifting 35-40lb stock is part of the required tasks. She thinks it's directly related to my weight, but I don't think so, which is why I said I wasn't sure.
So does weight have a link to developing carpal tunnel, or is it due just to those reasons, like repetitive motion, where anyone can get it?
At any point, I have weakness in my wrists and hands, tingling and numbness sensations in my thumb and first three fingers at any given time. Holding objects for too long, especially if they're made of metal, produce the same results, and my whole hand becomes tingling and numb then. I'm wearing splints at night, but while they help some, it's just not as much as I'd like. And wearing them during the day at work is impossible with the kind of work I do. I am taking a multi-vitamin, which has an over 4,000 daily allowance of B6 in it.
Pain is inconsistant, and tends to come and go. So usually I don't have to take an aspirin for it or anything. It really hinders my performance, and I value my hands; I do everything with them. Which is why I'm so disheartened by this development.
The reason why I asked about weight having an impact was I was told it had something do with my weight, and also I looked up the risk factors, and it listed overweight being one of them. However, I don't think that's really true myself. I think it more that at work I'm doing so much with my hands in repetitive motions, and I've been doing that kind of work for almost six years.
Then I'm on the computer for five-six hours after work at home. Which doesn't really help much, but I do take frequent breaks. I've been trying to argue against a co-worker and friend, whom was the one that told me, that it's from gaining so much weight versus the constant strain on my wrists from all I do at work, where lifting 35-40lb stock is part of the required tasks. She thinks it's directly related to my weight, but I don't think so, which is why I said I wasn't sure.
So does weight have a link to developing carpal tunnel, or is it due just to those reasons, like repetitive motion, where anyone can get it?
