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Hand swelling or swollen hands may be a serious problem. Your hand and feet may be swollen not only during pregnancy. What are the causes of swollen hands and feet and what evokes the pain and problem?
Hand swelling may be caused by several problems that happen. These include:
Hand injury - swelling is a typical problem in case of breaking bones, cuts or other injuries.
Carpal tunnel syndrome - it is a disease in which the nerve of the wrist is damaged. As a result of limited information exchange between the nerves and brain the hand becomes swollen. Carpal tunnel syndrome is related to many other diseases or conditions, one of them is a wrong posture while typing, the reason for that is the excessive keyboard typing. You should pay much more attention to your posture during work.
Hypothyroidism - a disease that involves insufficient production of thyroid hormone, it is usually caused by iodine deficiency in person's organism. The disease gives many symptoms such as tiredness, depression, weight gain, cold intolerance, paleness, dry and itchy skin, goiter or arthritis. Many women develop permanent hypothyroidism which will require life-long treatment.
Axillary vein thrombosis - this is a condition in which blood clots are created in veins of the body. When blood clots in the vein, it usually remains there but it's also possible that the thrombus travels with blood, gets to the lung and blocks some vessel in the lung. Such a condition can be dangerous to person's life.
Lymphedema - the problems with lymphatic system causes fluid retention which results in serious swelling of limbs. There is little known about the disease, it may be inherited or caused by some injury to the vessels. It often occurs after the surgery or radiation therapy when lymphatic system is damaged, especially in breast cancers. Although it may affect men and women ladies are more frequent sufferers from this disease. Lymphedema causes tiredness, fatigue and swollen, heavy limb.
Pregnancy - during pregnancy the water is blocked in the organism which causes edemas of hands and legs. Normal fluid buildup during pregnancy usually causes mild swelling of fingers and hands that passes away after the childbirth.
Premenstrual syndrome - it is a group of symptoms linked and closely associated to the mestrual cycle which occur a week or two weeks before the menstrual bleeding. The symptoms vary and include several things such as: tiredness, fatigue, irritability, food cravings, appetite change, bloating or constipation.
Acromegaly - pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone, acromegaly affects people in the early 20s and can produce several complicating conditions e.g. premature death. The disease causes changes to the way a person looks. Sometimes the excessive growth may be so shocking that other people turn back from such a patient.
There are several causes of swelling hands: you may have swollen fingers, knuckles, dactylitis. There are other causes of swelling hands, they can be caused by exercises, and this occurs quite often. The problem may be evoked by the response of circulatory system of the hands. So before exercising you should remove rings and loosen the watches or bracelets, do arm circles during exercise and stretch the fingers.
Of course, swelling triggers may include: heat illnesses, reaction to a bite or sting, an allergic reaction to something you ate or drank, swelling is very common among people who have arthritis.
What should you do?
If your hands turn pale and they become cool the blood supply you should go to the doctor as soon as possible. Swelling appears in people with various heart diseases and kidney diseases that evoke circulatory disorders. If your edema is caused by pregnancy you can try various things to reduce this condition; eat well, drink plenty of water, raise you feet often, exercise regularly but avoid strenuous exercising and don't think about edema too much.
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mary
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2008-06-05 12:39:48 ,
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2008-06-05 12:42:35
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