I have a degree in Biomedical Engineering and Psychology from Northwestern University. I finished medical school and completed my M.D. at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. I am currently in my residency for surgery- hopefully to be specializing in neurosurgery.
I want to answer questions on medical type questions. I'm a big fan of Dr. Drew Pinsky on Love Line and would like to help younger people from the mistakes I see a lot of young people do when they come into my ER.
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Sorry about the length of this.
I can't figure out what's wrong with my wrist. I looked up Carpal Tunnel and read a little about it, and found that it's 3x more common in women. I think my job is causing problems with my hands, but i'm not sure. I'm a cashier but I have to bag sometimes too. I have to lift heavy packages of waters and cat litter, etc. Then, if it doesn't scan right away, I have to twist it, causing my hand to hurt.
I don't know if this is significant, but when I was younger I used to twist my wrists on purpose and hold it there because I thought it was a weird feeling and wanted to see if I could keep getting it. I feel that that could have been the initial cause of this.
When i'm at work, if I bag too long, my wrist hurts. It's just recently hurting my arm as well. I shake it off when it hurts my wrist, but that's all I do for it. I can't tell if it's carpal tunnel or not, but I want to find out what it is.
Please don't tell me to go to a doctors, because I really would rather not at the moment. Just.. any ideas of what this could be? (link)
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome- is a condition where the nerve that supplies your hand (medial nerve) becomes compressed. Repeated wrist motion is the most common cause and it is also very common in women, esp when pregnant. The way to tell if it is carpal tunnel syndrome is if you have pain that goes down your hand when you extend your wrist (hold your arm out, palms facing down, and then bend your wrist upward- if this causes pain then you may have it- if not- then with your other hand tap on the inside of your wrist- if this causes pain then you may have it. If it wakes you up at night- this is when we would operate on it generally. You may have to wear a splint or a wrist brace to keep your wrist straight. Although if it is just pain in your wrist- you may have tendonitis- which can be "cured" with rest, a brace, and anti- inflammatory medications like ibuprofen.
best of luck,
AK
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