It sounds like you do use your hands quite a bit, especially to help your 15 year old son!
Are you able to talk with your primary care doctor about referring you to a hand specialist? If it is an overuse injury, you can be given some physical therapy and/or medication, and could see improvement (hopefully) fairly quickly! Overuse injuries should be diagnosed sooner-rather-than-later, as they do worsen over time.
The tingling/prickly feeling also sounds like a circulation issue, but again, a hand specialist would be able to tell you if this is related to the other painful sensations in your hand.
Do you need help finding a specialist in your area, or can you talk with your doctor?
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It sounds like you do use your hands quite a bit, especially to help your 15 year old son!
Are you able to talk with your primary care doctor about referring you to a hand specialist? If it is an overuse injury, you can be given some physical therapy and/or medication, and could see improvement (hopefully) fairly quickly! Overuse injuries should be diagnosed sooner-rather-than-later, as they do worsen over time.
The tingling/prickly feeling also sounds like a circulation issue, but again, a hand specialist would be able to tell you if this is related to the other painful sensations in your hand.
Do you need help finding a specialist in your area, or can you talk with your doctor?
August 15, 2010 - 9:25pmThis Comment
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