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Tingling in arm/hands & swelling of fingers
by Amethyste Spardel
For the last 3 months - I have been at a loss in finding out what is going on with my arms, hands and fingers. I wake up in the middle of the night, they are tingling - in the morning they are tingling, sometimes in the day, they tingle too. When I reach for my coffee cup and extend my fingers to contour the cup, I sometimes feel small little electric impulses in my fingers/hand. I also feel a general sense of tightness over my whole body and fluid retention. What distresses me the most is the extreme swelling I have been experiencing in my left hand, especially in my ring finger - it looks like a vienna saussage! My ring size is a 5 3/4 and my finger has swollen so much in such a short period of time that wearing my wedding ring is almost impossible. The swelling is intense in the morning and as the day progresses, the swelling diminish lightly but never back to normal. In all honesty, I feel that something happened when I moved into my house back in August 2010. It was a lot of manual labor for 2 days... I am active, I do 45 mins of yoga daily and 3 times a weeks, I go for a 1 hour brisk walk. Could I have a pinched nerve? Could it be carpal tunnel (I work in an office)? I'd be delighted if you could give some advice!! THank you so much -Amey- Hello Amethyste, what a nice name, Dutch? German? I would have your medical doc check you out for an embolus, just to be safe. That fluid build up is the probably cause of a carpal tunnel syndrome, similar to what many women experience in pregnancy. A block of the vein in your neck as it passes near the scalene triangle is a possibility too. Any lung problems? This is a medical problem, I think you need to be under the care of your doctor. Diuretics in the short term, then to answer the question: why is such a fit healthy person building up fluid? Kidneys checked, heart... Click here to read or post comments. |
