how dangerous is carpal tunnel syndrome?

[Charlotte]

i am starting to get carpal tunnnel syndrome or something from all this mouse-clicking, dvt from sitting at a computer for 8 hrs+ a day, minor radiation from the screen, and not to mention sore eyes.

Just how dangerous is this?

[bumba]

il try to get some info on carpel tunnel, my mum has it....u poor thing :( mum had to take 3 weeks off work, she was in a lot of pain :(

it might take a while tho, im not at home at the moment, il be back with them in a week or so

[Charlotte]

i have invested in one of theose gel-pad moveable mouse-pad things but it's not doing a lot

i'd like to change job but what can i do!

[Funksta]

Can't say how dangerous it would be without knowing what you are running in your office.

For example if you are using a CRT monitor it is giving off a lot more radiation than if you are using a TFT (Flat panel).

If you are anything like me you would have made sure that your work supplies you with a top quality high backed chair, a footrest, TFT monitors (i love my 18" Samsung) as well as allowing you time away from your desk in a day to stretch and just simply to focus on things that aren't your computer monitor.

...hell, my work even pays for two masseurs to come in once a month to give us 20 minute neck / back / arm / hand massages in an effort to reduce office injuries! :lol:

[ka2per]

Originally posted by Charlotte
i am starting to get carpal tunnnel syndrome or something from all this mouse-clicking, dvt from sitting at a computer for 8 hrs+ a day, minor radiation from the screen, and not to mention sore eyes.

Just how dangerous is this?

CRITICALLY SERIOUSLY LIFE THREATENING...STOP DOING EVERYTHING U ARE AND GET TO THE HOSPITAL!!!!!!!!!
:lol:

[Charlotte]

:lol: :lol: and i thought an office job would be boring

watched the bone collector last night and thought how awful it would be if i lost my finger, no more posts, no more anything. how dull my life would be

[VanBuurenisGod]

Originally posted by Charlotte
:lol: :lol: and i thought an office job would be boring

watched the bone collector last night and thought how awful it would be if i lost my finger, no more posts, no more anything. how dull my life would be

that movie was one of the most fucking disturbing things I have ever seen. COuldnt watch the end cos I was seriously unhappy. Who the fuck does those sort of things....

I met a girl once that collected bones...........she was a slut!

:-0

[sleepingMyDayAw]

for me, the screen's refresh rate is really important to stop headache/eyestrain. first thing i do at a new job is make sure the monitor is set to 85hz or greater. the default 60hz is like torture (for some people incl me). half of my friends cannot tell the difference though.

[big eddie]

totally agree on the monitor refresh, I can't hack it lower than 85.

60hz makes my eyes bleed.

[Charlotte]

i had thought the bone collector was one of the most disturbing things i had seen, then last night watched a program 'plastic surgery ruined my life'


these people are freaks! If you went to your consult with your surgeon about your leg op and he kept talking about your stomach surely you wouldn't just go under the anaesthetic thinking oh well see what happens?

so her belly button turned black, and had to be removed, the septic stuff went down into her stomach and she now has all this scarring and stuff

[Charlotte]

eh? did someone change the title of this thread? it was suposed to be a tongue-in-cheek comment on sitting at my desk all day and night, not just carpal tunnel thingy

[Beegie]

An old flatmate of mine had to go on workers comp for 18 month because of carpal tunnel. He'll never be able to work in an office again...

[geisha]

My mum had carpal tunnels syndrome.. She had both wrists operated on, one at a time because each wrists took six weeks to heal..
I don't think it's dangerous n per se.. more just a painful condtion to have to live with...

[Juggalo Muli]

what is it?

I spend like all day in an office on my PC, and then come home and spend more time {:-(

Dosnt sound good. How do i avoid it?

And my office is gay for work saftey stuff, the dont care about good screens etc.. :( luckily i found a spare foot rest otherwise i wouldnt have one!

[central_smurf]

Originally posted by Juggalo Muli
what is it?

I spend like all day in an office on my PC, and then come home and spend more time {:-(

Dosnt sound good. How do i avoid it?



was just thinking the same thing

im on a computer for 15hours at tafe doing cad then 15hrs doing work (not as much as some ppl) but then i come home and im on it as well

someone want to tells us what it is :?

[dancelite]

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[tim-e]

Originally posted by sleepingMyDayAw
for me, the screen's refresh rate is really important to stop headache/eyestrain. first thing i do at a new job is make sure the monitor is set to 85hz or greater. the default 60hz is like torture (for some people incl me). half of my friends cannot tell the difference though. Agreed. 60Hz is torture. I have a two-monitor desktop - the primary is a dell 19" that's refreshing at a much more comfortable rate than the piece of shit 17" sitting next to it. That one gives me black spots in the corner of my left eye :(

[satie]

Take regular breaks, strech your hands and arms, focus on something other than the computer. I had that problem and had to take time off, so now I get up and walk around at least every half hour..problem solved.

[bumba]

Originally posted by Charlotte
eh? did someone change the title of this thread? it was suposed to be a tongue-in-cheek comment on sitting at my desk all day and night, not just carpal tunnel thingy

so u dont really have carpal tunnel?

after reading some of the painful stories.....do u feel a bit stupid now?

:p

[Chase]

its not DANGEROUS, but its really PAINFUL!!!

And you can end up impinging nerves in your wrist.... so lay off the clicking!!!

[CHICA CHICANO]

Here I am sick today and skanking online and I still manage to stumble into the medical topics.........:tripping:

Carpal results from compression of the medium nerve in the carpal tunnel, with pain and burning or tingling parathesias in the fingers and hand and sometimes extending to the elbow, and funnily this disorder is most commonly found in MIDDLE aged women.....pertaining to the increased risk of osteoporosis I would imagine.......but somehow I imagine that with these brilliant generations of technology, the age of incidence will lower.....

Excessive wrists movements, arthritis, hypertrophy (Overgrowth) of the bone and connective tissue that is associated with Acromegaly-Abnormal enlargement of the skeleton in extremeties (Nose, jaws, hands and feet) and generalised swelling of the wrist (associated with trauma) can produce the carpal tunnel syndrome.............in a nutshell.......

Treatment is usually conservative, except in severe cases where surgical resection of the carpal ligament is beneficial.......I have seen this surgery a few times on my forrages through the public system......but the best conservative treatment that you could do for it is splinting the wrist to immobilise it for a few weeks until the irritation of the medium nerve has settled/healed........Good Luck!............;D

[CHICA CHICANO]

Originally posted by Funksta


...hell, my work even pays for two masseurs to come in once a month to give us 20 minute neck / back / arm / hand massages in an effort to reduce office injuries! :lol:


.....Hell, if the public hospital sector wanted to bring in people to massage all the nurses crippled and problematic ridden backs, the system would go under in a single shift, alot more so than it is right now........:lol: ..........:lol: ...........