Astaxanthin can improve the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome

May 7
07:20

2012

David Yvon

David Yvon

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Carpal tunnel syndrome is a very common civilized disease. It mainly relates with the jobs involving in hand movements. Suffering from this disease, numbness of hands, burning, swelling of the wrist will gradually occur.

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Hand movements are not flexible. Meanwhile,Astaxanthin can improve the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome  Articles the weakness and other symptoms will happen in evenings. The painful feelings will increase, even allows the patient to wake up from a dream pain.

Keyboard and mouse is the most common carpal tunnel killer. With the increasing number of car owners, the steering wheel has also become one of the biggest names in tube killer according to cosmetic raw material suppliers’ remind. Frequent use of hands occupations, such as musicians, teachers, editors and reporters, architects, fitters, etc., are likely to encounter carpal tunnel syndrome.

Women are the biggest victims of carpal tunnel syndrome, which affects three times higher than that of men, of which 30 to 60 age group by the majority. This is because the female wrist tube is generally smaller than men, the median nerve at wrist vulnerable to oppression. In addition, pregnant women, patients with rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes, hypertension, thyroid function disorders are much possible than the average person to suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome.

In order to prevent the mouse hand, usually should be to develop good posture, regardless of work or rest, should pay attention to the posture of the hand and wrist. Such as computer keyboard should be facing you, if the ramp is set aside, may result in excessive wrist bending tension; to adjust the chair to the most comfortable height, your feet just can sit down flat on the ground; screen in sight level or slightly lower. To keep wrists straight, not bent, but do not over-stretch; elbow 90 °C. Sit at the back should be straight and close to the back, and do not cross your feet, so as not to affect the blood circulation. Furthermore, it should pay attention to the rest of hands.

The early symptoms in patients with mild, rest is the most important, when necessary, can be used plaster splint the wrist fixed it straight. A serious condition, a need for carpal tunnel incision for treatment. If it ignored long-term, may lead to nerve damage, black palm, muscle necrosis. Unfortunately, not everyone will be able to improve after surgery.

Scientists carried out the astaxanthin taking test on patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. The trial was conducted in eight weeks. The results show that: after taking astaxanthin for four weeks on those patients with carpal tunnel syndromes, there is a significant rate of pain reduction and pain time shortened. In the 4th weeks and 8th weeks, the numbers of pain in daytime are respectively 27% and 41%. The pain reductions are 21% and 36% in shortening. The extensive witness information of penitents with carpal tunnel syndrome confirms that natural astaxanthin is a feasible method alternative to surgery.Source:http://www.cosprm.com