Symptoms: Inflamed tendons along the thumb and side of the wrist, surrounding tissue filled with fluid.

Cause: Sending too many text messages (sms) on the mobile phone. hahaha

It’s true. I couldn’t help laughing when I read the article featured in The Sun last Monday, 24/12/2007. It’s also known as the “text-messager’s thumb”, reported in the New Zealand Medical Journal, and so far has “infected” 3 youngsters in New Zealand, Australia and Singapore respectively. God knows how many unreported cases are out there.

So… if you are an avid sms-er, you would want to be extra careful. Cut short your sms sending per day. Call up more people instead. Or something along those lines.

Oh, hang on. I think I’m in the high risk group. Shocked I sent more sms than I did calling people. FYI, my previous month’s call charges was RM 25.86 and my sms/mms charges was RM 62.80. hahaha

Have to be careful then. Don’t want to be “infected” with this Texting Tenosynovitis, now, do we?

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