Suspected of this condition if your wrist is stiff and sour after giving birth and during menopause

Apr 08, 2025

Suspected of this condition if your wrist is stiff and sour after giving birth and during menopause
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Wrist is used more frequently than other joints. As a result, it belongs to joints that are easily injured or at high risk of damage. Therefore, even if there are symptoms of tingling after using it for a long time, it is simply regarded as stiff or mild numbness.

However, if wrist pain is left alone, it can lead to disease, and the most representative disease is 'De Quervain wrist hayitis'. The thin film surrounding the tendon from the wrist to the thumb is called hay, and De Quervain wrist hayitis is a disease caused by inflammation of the hay due to excessive wrist use.

Suspected of this condition if your wrist is stiff and sour after giving birth and during menopause
Director Kim Joong-hyuk of the Joint Center at Suwon Nanuri Hospital said "De Quervain's wrist hayitis refers to inflammation of the membrane surrounding the tendons of the intestinal cord and pickled radish that runs from the wrist to the thumb."It is caused by continuous friction and has a higher incidence in women than in men. This is because women's wrist structure is weaker than men's, but it is weakened by changes in the body due to childbirth or menopause", he explained.




Most people think that if you have pain in your wrist or thumb, it gets better if you don't use your wrist or take a break. However, since the wrist is the most active joint, it is difficult not to use it, so it is better to get treatment quickly than to suffer from constant pain.

De Quervain wrist tendinitis is treated conservatively and surgically depending on the patient's symptoms and conditions. In the early stages of symptoms, the gradual improvement of symptoms is confirmed through non-surgical treatment such as rest, drug treatment, and physical treatment. However, surgical treatment should be considered if symptoms do not improve and repeated recurrence causes discomfort in daily life despite consistent progression of conservative treatment.

De Quervain wrist tendinitis surgery removes the inflammatory tissue covering the tendon of the wrist after an incision of 10mm or less so that less pressure on the tendon or removes the inflamed hay.




"If you are diagnosed in the early stages of De Quervain's wrist tendinitis and perform rapid conservative treatment, it can be improved sufficiently, but if the treatment is delayed, it is better to conduct more active treatment," said Kim Joong-hyuk. "It is important for occupational groups or women who often use their wrists to protect their wrist joints through wrist stretching from time to time."

Suspected of this condition if your wrist is stiff and sour after giving birth and during menopause
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.