Question

Select one skeletal system disorder such as carpal tunnel, arthritis, bursitis, or gout. Is a particular patient population affected? Is there a common cause to the disorder? Do you know anyone with this disorder? What patient education or instructions need to be followed for treatment? Write three paragraphs on a disorder.

Answer 1

Carpal tunnel. Repetitious movement of the wrist. One patient population I'm aware of are those that type or keyboard for a large percentage of their day at work.

The common cause for this population is improper keyboard placement or posture that causes you to position your wrist improperly.

I had this disorder and at first I was given sterile shots to ease the sharp pain that would radiate up my arm. My doctor didn't want to keep giving me shots, he wanted to do surgery. I declined.
My job had a health and safety employee that looked at how I was set up at my desk. She reported back to our internal doctor who ordered me a special keyboard tray. It was successful and when i changed jobs I took it with me.

This is a debilitating problem for many. Also many employees just suffer through it. Nowadays computer stations have adjustable keyboard trays and for typists this would certainly lower the cases of carpal tunnel.