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fat loss in hands - Mike

Posted: May 18, 2013

Hello, this may be an unusual question, but I have been transcribing for about 3 months now, after completing 12 months at Career Step. I've been noticing over the last week that my hands are looking almost like skeleton hands. It's like the fat is disappearing and the bones are becoming more prominent. Also, the veins in my hands are becoming very, very vascular. They are about the diameter of a drinking straw.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is this common with excessive typing? I haven't lost any weight, so it isn't from illness.

Look forward to your replys.

Mike

Getting fit - sm

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What would happen to the rest of you if you exercised 8 hours a day?

The blood vessels aren't getting bigger and there aren't more of them. They are just more visible now with the fat gone and muscles underneath.

close to 40 years transcribing and many hours a day - never happened to me. NM

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nope - never

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And I've done this for 40 years and some days do 4000 lines, so I'm kind of fast. No, I don't think your hands are being worked out that much and if they are, I daresay you're doing something wrong :)

I'd look to another etiology and see a doc.

I suspect.... - Empirelady

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...that you're probably just noticing them more now that you're constantly working with them. I don't know how old you are, but age plays a factor as well.

Wish age played a part in taking away some - fat but I just have not seen

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it happening, anywhere. Heard your appetite diminishes with age. Mine might have some but certainly not enough to put a dent in the weight issue. Hands after 35+ years of transcribing, certainly not any more slender.

Boney hands - Mike

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In my 40s. I think you are right. Never did this much repetitive hand movement before in my life, for a job.

age? - huh

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My hands have not gotten thinner. Yes, the veins are more prominent and the wrinkles are noticeable but the fat? Still there :)

age no factor, I'm over 60 - doing this since I was 23 and - never had this problem. NM

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Wish I could say my bottom is flat from excessive sitting in an office chair, too, but I know what lack of exercise looks like!

designed for a laugh, nothing else.

That's what you get... - sm

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Sorry, couldn't help myself. :)

Oops... - hit the dislike

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button by mistake, but I love this. The only thing I've lost weight in from this job is my bank account and wallet.

boney fingers - Mike

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That was great... Got a good laugh. Thanks for that.... :)

Whew, I'm glad. :) - sm

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At least 2 people thought it was inappropriate/unfunny. :/

That aside, perhaps it's related to gender differences? (assuming your moniker is an accurate reflection of your gender) Men do indeed lose weight easier and faster than women, so maybe you're just showing the effects of your recent hand exercise via work more than most/any of us XX's do. If you're not feeling any effects of RSI, I wouldn't worry about it. But if you're getting gnarlier in the hands *and* feeling any twinges of pain at all, I would have it checked out.

And as far as preventing RSI, I highly, highly recommend these computer gloves. http://softflex.com/main.html I've been using them for over 10 years, and they've literally saved my MT career (though sometimes I wonder if I should be glad about that or not, sigh).

nerve entrapment - any other symptoms?

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One cause could be from ulnar nerve entrapment, but usually you would have other symptoms as well, such as numbness, tingling, and weakness.

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