Know Some "Hand Disease" This

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Hand is one organ that is helping human physical labor, such as holding, hold, and manipulate. In addition, the hands are also encountered a lot of nerve, proved almost half of the area of ​​the brain is used to adjust existing nerve in the hand.

No doubt, hand function becomes very vital to support life. Complaints on hand such as aches or sprains should be given serious attention, if you do not want to be fatal.
"Sore-sore, aching, or stiffness in the hands or fingers is a symptom that is common once overlooked," said orthopedic surgeon RS Premier Bintaro Lukman Shebubakar health in a talk titled "Hand Trauma" in Jakarta, Thursday (7/2 / 2013).
So that no one addressing complaints of pain in the hand, you should know a few annoyances and grievances that afflict hand Lukman described by the following:
1. Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
RSI is an "injury of the musculoskeletal and nervous system caused by doing repetitive tasks with powerful exertions, vibrations, mechanical compression (pressing hard surfaces). RSI makes a pain in the affected parts of the hand injury.
If you're having RSI you should not do massage or commonly known as "serial", because it can lead to injury spread, but should be sent to the orthopedic surgeon.
"To treat it would be seen how severe the disease. Conservative measures like to do therapy, or surgery," said Lukman.

2. Trigger Finger
Trigger finger is a disorder of the nerves, known also as the "nerve kejepit". In this disease there is a locked flexor tendon causing pain. This disease resulting from positioning errors when performing certain movements.
Just like RSI, you should also do massage because it will endanger your own safety. "Usually performed operative measures for this. Based on experience, physiotherapy usually can not cure it. If so, very long time, while operating only ten minutes and the results are optimal," said Lukman.
3. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
Carpal tunnel syndrome or carpal tunnel syndrome is an injury suffered when fingers are too many activities such as typing on a keyboard or exercise. What distinguishes this disease with other injuries are only experienced by the index finger, middle finger and half the ring finger.
Carpal tunnel is actually the nerve center of what makes a human can feel and move in the palm, index finger, middle finger and ring finger.
"His actions are almost the same, to do the conservative and operative," said Lukman.
4. Fracture
Resulting from accidents like falling. Characterized by pain. Need an X-ray examination to determine the shift of the bone or bone fractures. For this disease, Lukman also suggest the existence of operative measures.
Sources: http://health.kompas.com/read/2013/02/08/0846214/