{"id":829,"date":"2009-10-02T12:12:19","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T11:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=829"},"modified":"2009-10-02T12:12:19","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T11:12:19","slug":"vibration-white-finger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2009\/10\/02\/vibration-white-finger\/","title":{"rendered":"Vibration White Finger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/havs.gif\" alt=\"havs\" title=\"havs\" width=\"192\" height=\"144\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-830\" \/>Many of us are familiar with the above phrase but what is it, who does it affect and what are the symptoms? The first point to make is that it has changed its name! It is now referred to as Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). The term was altered as other symptoms may be present other than white fingers.<\/p>\n<p>What is and what are the symptoms?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>HAVS is caused by the prolonged use of vibrating tools and machinery such as pneumatic drills and power drills. <\/p>\n<p>Although the condition is not life threatening, once you have developed HAVS it is permanent and can cause extreme pain, disability and people can lose their jobs as the physical demands of the job can no longer be met.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Symptoms can include the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fingers will go white (hence the previous name!) <\/li>\n<li>Fingers will feel cool \u2013 this is due to the narrowing of the blood vessels in the fingers and thus, reduced circulation <\/li>\n<li>Tingling sensation <\/li>\n<li>Pins and needles <\/li>\n<li>Numbness and loss of feeling \u2013 picking up smaller objects may become difficult <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Symptoms may remind mild but if you continue to use vibrating tools it is highly likely that your symptoms will progress to a much more severe level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can HAVS be prevented?<\/strong> The following are thought to help, although there is no extensive research to confirm that the definitely do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take regular breaks if working with vibrating tools \u2013 these be breaks of at least 10 minutes <\/li>\n<li>Keep warm whilst working with vibrating tools; especially the hands \u2013 use anti-vibration gloves<\/li>\n<li>If you are a smoker, STOP \u2013 tobacco reduces the blood flow, making you more at risk of experiencing numbness and pins and needles in the fingers. <\/li>\n<li>Likely to be difficult, but try to hold the tools as lightly as possible <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you suspect you may be developing HAVS take action NOW to try and avoid the symptoms progressing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us are familiar with the above phrase but what is it, who does it affect and what are the symptoms? 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The term was altered as other symptoms may be present other &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2009\/10\/02\/vibration-white-finger\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vibration White Finger<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-claims"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vibration White Finger<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2009\/10\/02\/vibration-white-finger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vibration White Finger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many of us are familiar with the above phrase but what is it, who does it affect and what are the symptoms? 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