Topic: Claw Hand & Neurological Testing Booklet!!!
CaliforniaLyme
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Just wanted those with claw hands to know that "claw hand" is an ACTUAL NEUROLOGICAL DESCRIPTOR used by MDs! In here you see in Chapter 16 the very last one is "Claw hand Deformity"
VERY INTERESTING booklet- just reading through it is like, wow! Not really something you;d want to buy but worth reading here-
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CaliforniaLyme
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If you have developed claw hand it is a sign of gross neurological damage!!!!
Claw hand
Claw hand is a condition that causes curved or bent fingers, which makes the hand appear like the claw of an animal. See also claw foot.
Claw hand can be something that someone is born with (congenital) or that they develop because of certain disorders, such as nerve injury.
Congenital abnormality Nerve damage
When to Contact a Medical Professional
If the condition is congenital, it is usually diagnosed at birth. If you notice claw hand developing, contact your health care provider.
The health care provider will perform a physical examination. This examination may include extra attention to examination of the hands and feet.
The health care provider will also ask for your medical history. Medical history questions documenting claw hand in detail may include:
Time pattern When did you first notice the abnormal hand shape? Is it getting worse? Location: Does it affect both hands? Other: Do other symptoms occur at the same time?
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CaliforniaLyme
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There are different kinds of claw hand- causd by different kinds of damage to different nerves!!!
Paralysis or lesions of the Ulnar Nerve= Claw Hand
WOW, I have never read up that much on claw hand and it can occur along with progressive muscular ATROPHY which IS WHAT I HAD!!!!!!!! It is a sign of it!!! Becuase it is atrophying those muscles by those nerves- wow!!!
WOW!!!This was ME!!! Now I am normal again*)! YAy(*)!THANK GOD FOR 9 MONTHS OF IV ROCEPHIN! And I had atrophy in my hands- how weird!! To read that in a book it makes sense- when it made no kind of sense but horror to me-
If YOU have claw hand and are feeling BAD about your hands, look at THIS photo:
They are NOt of claw hands they are of gross ulcerated hands and will make you grateful you have claw hand*)!*))!!)*)!! Because Claw hand can go away and leave no scars*)! No sign it was ever there*)*!)*)! I can testify!!! So you are LUCKY believe it or not*)!!!!!!
Claw Hand, again, is caused by ULNAR NERVE LESIONS so you are not a Lymie Hypochrondriac if you have CLAW HAND! If you have Claw hand you have physical sign of a nervous system lesion!!!!
Sincerely, Sarah
Ulnar Nerve Lesion The ulnar nerve is a branch of the medial cord of the brachial plexus from C8 and T1 segments of the spinal cord. It passes into the anterior compartment of the forearm after passing behind the medial epicondyle of the humerus. It is at this site that the nerve can be injured following fractures of the medial epicondyle. The muscles paralyzed are the flexor carpi ulnaris, medial half of the flexor digitorum profundus, medial two lumbricals, all interossei and the adductor pollicis.
The appearance of the hand is indicative of the muscles involved. The thumb is abducted and extended with the distal phalanx flexed. The first two fingers are fully extended with a slight flexion of the distal phalanges. The medial two fingers are hyperextended at the metacarpophalangeal joints but flexed at the distal phalangeal joints. The hand resembles a "claw" and is called a claw hand.
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