They relieve the pain.
Swollen joints in your hands can indicate you may have arthritis. The other symptoms of arthritis are joints that are stiff, inflamed, and painful. The joints affected can be in your hands, feet, and wrists.
You have rheumatoid arthritis, which involve the small joints.
Stri-dex pads
No, but laptop cooling mats (or cooling pads) can be used to the same effect.
A swollen joint is referred to as arthritic, with arthros- referring to the joints, and -itic referring to the inflammation of the joint.
Excessive uric acid in the body, deposits as monosodium urate or uric acid crystals in the articular cartilage of joints and tendons. This initiates an inflammatory reaction in those tissues; thus contributing to swollen joints.
For swollen joints you need ice and maybe a lukewarm soak in a bath of epsom salt.
For swollen joints you need ice and maybe a lukewarm soak in a bath of epsom salt.
A notebook cooling stand is more versatile than a cooling pad, as it can be adjusted up or down for the user.
Laptop pads can be rather pricey depending on which features one wants to add to the pad. They can be as inexpensive as $13 and as expensive as $70. The large gap in prices are due to features such as water flow cooling pads and air flow cooling pads.
The GameCube runs very cool so there are no aftermarket cooling pads for it.
Fat pads act as a cushion helping to protect the joints from mechanical damage.