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Arthritis?
Hey,
I have real problems with my hands at the moment, my thumbs especially. They keep 'jarring' (i.e. getting kind of stuck) and clicking when I try and bend them. It doesn't hurt a lot, but it is uncomfortable. I've heard that cracking your fingers (on purpose, I know, but still...) a lot can lead to arthritis, and my mother and grandmother both have this (my mother has rheumatoid arthritis if that helps) and they both got the joint clicking thing. This started about a month ago and has been getting progressively worse. Is arthritis heriditary? Is there anything I can do to try and prevent this or slow it down, IF it is arthritis?
I want to work with children; this would be extremely debilitating for me. My mother is only 40 and can barely do anything for herself. I don't want to end up like that!
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It could be arthritis, or it may be Carpal Tunnels.
See your doctor and have x-rays and other tests done.
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It is in fact hereditary. My grannie had it my mom has it and I will probably have it. You should have this check out immedeatly be for it gets worse! :)
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haha oh man =) i crack my fingers allll the time & i actually learned a really good lesson from my bf. it does eventually lead to arthritis i heard but it's sortve rare. i heard that cracking your fingers can also be good but do damage to your knuckles. do you crack them constantly? you juss have to learn to not crack them. do it by time frame for example start with 15-30 mins w/out cracking them, & then you can, etc etc. if you don't have a problem w/ cracking them then dont. you cant really do anything else juss be careful with what you do. so basically don't crack them, be careful w/ that. you can't really prevent it from happening exactly. you can also actually do exercises. here's a website-
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you can google any others if you want.
-hope that helped!♥
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