white finger

[David oakman]

Idid not think i had white finger but maybe a little, i get bad pain in my fingers when using a chainsaw in the winter makes you cry nearly.

[Peter]

Could be Reynauds syndrome.

[Bundle 2]

Raynaud's...white finger...same thing...havs may be connected with carpel tunnel syndrome but to be honest they are different issues resulting in "similar " symptons is all.....

[Jason James Gairn]

2 years seems like a short time in which to get any of these variables. Why do you think it has happened so quickly?

[Gaynor]

Are you sure it is white finger

a thing called Carpel Tunnel Syndrom makes your fingers & hands Tingel and feels like pins and neadels

also causes your hands to feel numb

A good check for CTS that my doctor showed me is to hold your hand out flat, palm down, and push your fingers back as far as you can. If your fingers then start to go numb starting with the little finger in order, it's a good chance that's what it is.

I've had it for a while. Only seems to affect me in autumn and winter. Keeps me awake at night and can be pretty painful.

[Albedo]

Mr Sycamorephobic.

 

Do you do tree work on very long stilts?

[Mick Stockbridge]

Mr Sycamorephobic.

 

Do you do tree work on very long stilts?

 

HaHa,if the white finger gets too bad he could always sign up for Chipperfields.

[Mesterh]

I've had it for a while. Only seems to affect me in autumn and winter. Keeps me awake at night and can be pretty painful.

 

How long did it take working with saws for you to get CTS?

[Gaynor]

How long did it take working with saws for you to get CTS?

I've only been working with saws for the last year. It goes back about 3 or 4 years. Working with strimmers/brushcutters/hedge trimmers, but not sure if that's what causes CTS or whether it's just something that can develope due to poor circulation, which I have. Any ideas?

[Peter]

You can get CTS from other things, such as using a computer keyboard with no wrist support.

 

It is also much more common in women in a certain age group, cant remember exactly but I think between 40 and 50?