The painful De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis, a condition of the wrist, is something new mothers are at risk of developing. Aditi Sheoran Chhajta shares her experience, and how it can best be avoided.
LIKE FOR most mothers, my first pregnancy saw me so fully immersed in my baby’s emotional, mental, and physical health that more often than not, I ignored what I needed. I started neglecting certain aspects of self-care without even realising it. Though my family was very particular about my well-being, I often pushed myself to do regular tasks faster or with greater stress on my body. I tried to make the most of the time at hand amidst all the chaos. So when my daughter turned 9 months old and my last set of calcium supplements finished, I didn’t bother replenishing them, even though I was still breastfeeding my little one. This carelessness cost me dearly when one day I couldn’t move my wrist.
There was a piercing pain on the protruding bone of my wrist, which connected to the base of my thumb. Every time I moved my fingers, it felt like something was snapping inside. To add to my misery, it was a cold February in Delhi, and I had a peculiar habit of folding the wrist under my cheek while sleeping. This definitely didn’t help the condition.
De-Coding De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis
This story is from the March 2018 edition of Child India.
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