Some individuals notice a shooting pain which goes from the wrist up the arm, or down into the hand and fingers.
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Other conditions which increase the risk for carpal tunnel syndrome include some forms of arthritis and various injuries to the arm and wrist (including fractures, sprains, and dislocations ).
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome
No. "Carpal" refers to the bones in the hands. Carpal tunnel syndrome only affects from the wrist/s forward to the fingers and nowhere else. Believe me, I know because I had it as well as the surgery in both hands to correct it.
A physician examining a patient suspected of having carpal tunnel syndrome will perform a variety of simple tests to measure muscle strength and sensation in the affected hand and arm.
Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the median nerve in the wrist becomes compressed due to inflammation and swelling of the tendons in the carpal tunnel. This can lead to symptoms such as pain, numbness, and weakness in the hand and arm. Treatment may involve rest, splinting, and in some cases, surgery.
The most common entrapment syndrome is carpal tunnel syndrome . Cubital tunnel syndrome of the ulnar nerve, which runs down the arm and through the elbow, also occurs frequently.
Pain or numbness appears in the thumb and fingers, although the cause is farther up the arm, where the median nerve passes through the carpal tunnel from the wrist to the upper hand.
* Carpal Tunnel Syndrome * A bad sprain * Arthritis * Your arm was run over by a sherman tank * You were shot in the arm * You have an excessively large animal chewing on your arm
Carpal tunnel is the name of the anatomy of your wrist. If you are talking about the actual syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, it is caused by compression of the median nerve that runs through the "carpal tunnel" in your wrist. Arthritis is a general term that has to do with inflammation of a joint. This is where the joint surface becomes rough and therefore can cause pain as the 2 joint surfaces can no longer glide over each other.If someone has arthritis of the wrist bones, this may put them at risk for getting carpal tunnel syndrome because the nerve may have less space in the 'tunnel' and get crowded causing the compression of the median nerve. It is particularly prevalent in the case of rheumatoid arthritis as this is an inflammatory disease and the inflammation put extra pressure on the nerves passing through the carpel tunnel.