Tenosynovitis is generated by the use of technology

• April 26, 2024

The technology Its purpose is to simplify the life of the human being; However, some ways of using it can cause damage to the Health. For example, sending messages by cell phone constantly and at high speed, as well as using the computer keyboard for long hours, can cause injuries in hands and wrists.

According to research conducted in the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), the excessive and neglected use of technology , like the fact of typing cell phone messages and working on a computer, from eight to 16 hours a day, has generated a condition called tenosynovitis .

In an interview published by the Excelsior.com.mx , the doctor Ernesto Ramírez Lozano , head of the plastic and reconstructive surgery service of the Orthopedics Hospital "Victorio de la Fuente Narváez" of the IMSS, explained that one of the main symptoms of tenosynovitis , is the phenomenon known as "finger snapped ", that is, when the thumb or the ring finger, are left involuntarily flexed and when trying to move them, you feel a lot pain .

The specialist explained that the simple movement of the fingers generates discomfort: "This is progressive suddenly begins to be more intense at dawn; at night it hurts, and it is common for people to wake up with their hands asleep with their fingers clasped.

Ramírez Lozano said that this disease It is more common after 40 years of age, and is even more common in women and people who have relatives with conditions of arthritis . The following video explains what the tenosynovitis , as well as tips to prevent it.

Only last year, the IMSS performed more than one thousand 700 surgeries to relieve tenosynovitis . In addition, in the service of plastic surgery and reconstructive of the orthopedic hospital "Victorio de la Fuente Nárvaez" is promoting a microsurgery called: percutaneous release of the pulleys, which reduces the time of inability of the people affected, from 15 days to just a week. "

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