指が曲がる 尺側偏移
masuiFingers bent ulnar deviation
４０代で義理の父の介護を長く続けているうちに、指が曲がってきた事に気が付いた。最初は指の関節が腫れて痛みがでた。放置していたら、更年期に入り、痛みは消えたが、気が付いた時は指が、動きにくくなって細かな作業がしづらいといった症状を感じていたがそのまま放置した。このような症状は、更年期以降に、骨に関与する女性ホルモンのエストロゲンが減少することで起きていることが多いと言われている。４０代の頃は、指関節の腫れやこわばり、しびれ、痛みなどが出てきて、一度、整形外科に行き、診てもらったが、骨に変形が見られなかったので、そのまま放置した。年を重ねて、再度、受診したが、指が曲がったのは加齢変性や使いすぎではないかと告げられ、指の曲がりは治らないと言われてあきらめた。適切な治療が受けまいまま、放置したら、見た目で変化が現れるほど関節の変形がひどくなった。痛みはないが、変形が進行するにつれ、曲げにくくなり、日常生活にも支障をきた。指も、曲がった先が冷たくなる。鍼灸治療では、このような症状にたいして、指を温めて血行を促進しマッサージし、筋の動きの改善をはかる目的で施術した。半年後には、改善が見られ、指の冷たさは減少して、指も以前よりは動かしやすいと感じている。
I was in my 40's and had been caring for my father-in-law for a long time when I noticed that my fingers had become crooked. At first, the joints of my fingers were swollen and painful. I left it alone, and as I entered menopause, the pain disappeared, but when I noticed that my fingers had become difficult to move, and I found it hard to do detailed work, I left it alone. In her 40s, she experienced swelling, stiffness, numbness, and pain in her finger joints, and went to an orthopedist once for a checkup, but no bone deformity was found, so she left them as they were, However, no bone deformity was found, so he left it as it was. As he got older, he went to see a doctor again, but was told that the bent finger was probably caused by age-related degeneration or overuse, and that the bent finger could not be cured, so he gave up. After leaving the condition untreated, the deformity of the joint became so severe that it was visually noticeable. He had no pain, but as the deformity progressed, it became harder and harder for him to bend his fingers, which interfered with his daily life. Her fingers also became cold at the ends of bends. Acupuncture and moxibustion treatment was performed to warm the finger, promote blood circulation, massage the finger, and improve the movement of the muscles. Six months later, the patient's condition had improved, the coldness of her fingers had decreased, and she felt that she could move her fingers more easily than before.
