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Carpel Tunnel and Pregnancy
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:18 am
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:18 am
My wife is 8.5 months pregnant and the CT symptoms are getting bad.
I'm doing all I can think of from a conservative medical approach. I got her night braces and I have some exercises for her. And its still pretty bad.
If she wasn't pregnant I would have already injected them, but can't do that.
Do y'all have any extra advice?
I'm doing all I can think of from a conservative medical approach. I got her night braces and I have some exercises for her. And its still pretty bad.
If she wasn't pregnant I would have already injected them, but can't do that.
Do y'all have any extra advice?
This post was edited on 3/30/23 at 8:22 am
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Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:26 am to jose
Uh yeah go to a hand specialist
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:49 am to jose
Consult with her OBGYN. That's what they're there for.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:53 am to BilbeauTBaggins
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Consult with her OBGYN. That's what they're there for.
She hates asking questions when we go to her appointments. I get the look when I open my mouth
Posted on 3/30/23 at 9:02 am to jose
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She hates asking questions when we go to her appointments
My wife and I had our first kid in November. Throughout the entire process, the doctor said to never worry about anything and to only let THEM worry. She highly encouraged us to come with any and all questions, even in the final days.
Take it with the mindset of "better to have it and not need it, rather than to need it and not have it" with your questions.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 9:07 am to BilbeauTBaggins
I agree. I wasn't able to make her most recent appointment or I would have brought it up.
These every two week appointments are hard for me to break away from clinic. Next week they go to every week.
These every two week appointments are hard for me to break away from clinic. Next week they go to every week.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 9:15 am to jose
I don't think it hurts to contact the doctor on your own time and ask without your wife present. I'm not sure if it's a HIPAA violation, but just tell her and see what could happen. You don't want to find out later on down the road that it was something preventable. It could be nothing, but you never know.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 1:12 pm to jose
Is the pregnancy making it worse?
If so, and the baby is fully cooked you can use this to your advantage. The only way to relieve the pain is to have the baby and they say sex is the best way to bring about labor.
Ergo, the only way to make her CT better is very likely a lot of sex.
If so, and the baby is fully cooked you can use this to your advantage. The only way to relieve the pain is to have the baby and they say sex is the best way to bring about labor.
Ergo, the only way to make her CT better is very likely a lot of sex.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 1:46 pm to OysterPoBoy
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they say sex is the best way to bring about labor.
Can confirm this. The mucus plug came out about 15 minutes after, water broke a little around 9 hours after, then a lot more broke an hour after that.
We were about 8 months 3 weeks in.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 1:46 pm to jose
How does one get carpal tunnel
Posted on 3/30/23 at 1:47 pm to OysterPoBoy
Gross man some of us ate lunch today
Not me but still
Not me but still
Posted on 3/30/23 at 2:51 pm to OysterPoBoy
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Is the pregnancy making it worse?
Yea it is getting worse. I gave her some wrist stretches to do and that is helping the most. The braces are not helping much.
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Ergo, the only way to make her CT better is very likely a lot of sex.
I like the way you think. Should like a doctor.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 2:52 pm to el Gaucho
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How does one get carpal tunnel
This post was edited on 3/30/23 at 2:58 pm
Posted on 3/30/23 at 2:54 pm to jose
Hit the gym lawyer up delete Facebook baw
Posted on 3/30/23 at 3:06 pm to el Gaucho
Increased swelling in the hands/wrists during pregnancy increases compression on the median nerve within the carpal tunnel. No full resolution until baby comes out, but you can try dry needling with an experienced PT and can get temporary relief.. hopefully until its time
Posted on 3/30/23 at 3:50 pm to LSU Nguyener
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you can try dry needling
She’s already pregnant, might as well go for the real thing.
Posted on 3/31/23 at 10:15 am to jose
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If untreated for too long, it can lead to permanent dysfunction of the hand, including loss of sensation in the fingers and weakness.
AAOS
Talk to her OB/GYN and see an Ortho hand specialist.
The local corticosteroid injection should help and is reasonable if other conservative treatment has failed.
Posted on 3/31/23 at 10:19 am to BigSlowMaxCo
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AAOS
That's the exact website I use for my patients and its the exercises I gave her.
The Median Nerve Glides and Tendon Glides are helping her out the best.
I want to do an injection, but I'm leery since she's 8.5 months pregnant. As soon as I can get permission from her OBGYN, I will.
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