Question: I am experiencing pain in my wrists and thumb areas. A dull pain below my right thumb and surrounding the base of my right thumb. The pain sometimes extends past my wrists intermittently. I have been using a iPad with a small keyboard that I purchased a few weeks ago that has seem to worsen my his condition but I can't be sure. There is a warning label on the keyboard that states if physical pain occurs to stop and see a physician. When I bought that I thought that odd because what does typing on the keyboard have to do with pain? For years I used a desk computer in my work also. But this issue seem to begin to occur several months back when I was taking an aerobic combined weight training class that used weight bearing exercises consecutively to music for 1 hour. These positions were repeated several times. Weeks after this I began to notice that my thumb area was sore in my right hand. I rested then continued these classes and tried to modify the way I held the weights with my hands. I also tried to wear a wrist band. There was temporary improvement up until I got the iPad and began using it. Is this a coincidence? Is this worsened when I type on computer keyboards? A doctor said beginnings of Carpal tunnel. I have small wrists, and always felt them to be the weakest when it cam e to exercises that bore weight on them.

thank you for your precise answer. I thought it might be arthritis. It's just that it came on rather suddenly which gave me the impression it was actually more like an injury then a condition.I'm not familiar with its "course" as you mentioned. What happens in time? Is this a particular form of arthritis ?