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I’ve got wrist pain near my thumb. My doctor told me it is De quervein syndrome. I have a four month old baby who likes to sit on my hands. Does anyone else have this? If so how do you manage with your kids? Thank you


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  • No, but I’ve carpal Tunnel syndrome. But de Quervain’s tenosynovitis only affects the thumb tendons. Even though the signs of carpal tunnel syndrome & tendonitis may be similar, they are medically very different conditions. Their symptoms are similar only because they share a common factor: tendon inflammation.
    When the neurologist set me on the waitlist for operation, someone suggested a traction device, which I’ve been using off and on the last 10yrs or so. It really helps and no operation was needed. Physiotherapy may be helpful too


  • sorry to hear, sounds painful.i don’t have the pain near thumbs but I have got carple tunnel pain in wrists.


  • I’ve never heard of it! And it’s from bub sitting on your hands? Is there a cure for it or do you just have to learn to live with it?


  • hope you get better so you can enjoy bubba


  • Never heard of this until now, hope you’re coping ok with it.


  • Good time for bub to find a new favorite position. Goodluck I don’t know much about this, but sounds like you will need to modify the way you do things so you don’t make it worse.


  • Is that what it’s called?!? I get this — it can be very crippling sometimes! I massage and occasionally wear a wrist guard which seems to help. Now that I have a name for it I can do some research — thank you so much for this post!


  • This is something i will be googling as my.grandma has it too. i had forgotton the name so thank you for jogging my memory. u may want to check out Web MD internet site as thats where i find most of my answers of health related topics. gd luck.


  • Sorry this is the first time that I have heard of this, not sure what it is or what you can do but I do hope you can find some answers to help


  • i havent herd of this but hope you can get help to fix it :)


  • Hi I hope you have found some good answers, all the best


  • I have lots of problems with my wrists mainly due to work. I usually deep heat and take extra care of it if anything hurts. Sometimes strapping as well. Hope you get better!


  • I havent heard of it before, hope it gets better for you soon


  • hope its getting better


  • I hope it goes away, our thumbs are used quite a lot.


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