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- computer operator can make more
- than 12,000 strokes per hour;
- causing strain and swelling of
- the tendons in your wrists and
- hands. That inflammation can
- pinch the main nerve that runs
- through a passage in the wrist
- (the carpal tunnel). The
- symptoms are: now-and-then or
- constant tingling and numbness
- in the hands, loss of feeling,
- muscle strength, swelling, pain
- or clumsiness while using your
- hands or intense pain in the
- fingers, wrists, forearms and
- shoulders. That pain can cause
- a permanent disability if you
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- procrastinate seeing your doctor
- or practitioner. So, see your
- doctor upon the earliest
- symptoms. Catch it before it's
- chronic, you may even be able to
- reverse it. It can drastically
- affect finger coordination,
- also, Some men are unable to
- grasp their wallets sufficiently
- enough to get them out of their
- back pockets. Extreme cases
- require surgery to cut the
- carpal ligament. Using VDTs'
- can lead to eyestrain
- (concentrating on the screen
- reduces blinking, which dries
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