what is carpal tunnel symdrome?
i have just been diagnosed with it but dont understand what it really means, all i know is that it hurt like hell, can any one enlighten me, plus is this common in a 21 year old
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Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes pressed or squeezed at the wrist.
Most likely the disorder is due to a congenital predisposition - the carpal tunnel is simply smaller in some people than in others. Other contributing factors include trauma or injury to the wrist that cause swelling, such as sprain or fracture; overactivity of the pituitary gland; hypothyroidism; rheumatoid arthritis; mechanical problems in the wrist joint; work stress; repeated use of vibrating hand tools; fluid retention during pregnancy or menopause; or the development of a cyst or tumor in the canal. In some cases no cause can be identified.
Other Answers:
Your tendons in your fingers are irritated. Not enough fluid for reduced friction. Age doesn't matter. Some people get while young, some when older.
It's a condition characterized by pain and numbing or tingling sensations in the hand and caused by compression of a nerve in the carpal tunnel at the wrist. Usually happens with extended computer usuage.
in really worst cases you need surgery. it can be avoided but using a mouse pad with a wrist support and having a key board support as well. Also take many breaks when working on the comp.
Why is it that each time you visit your GP your symptoms aren't automatically cross-matched?
I have had this in both hands, im a secretary, so repetative typing over the years had affected both hands. My mother and my gran it appears both had it, until my mother was correctly diagnosed, it appears that women prodominately who use hands, cleaners, typists, switchboard operators, etc etc, suffer more. Before my mother was diagnosed, she was incorrectly diagnosed as having arthritis, her mother before her had also been diagnosed with arthritis, however, when the consultant told my mum she had carpal tunnel, it was then decided that my nan also had this and not arthritis. I too was tested, and was found to be suffering from CT in both hands. I had the operation on my right hand as I am right handed, and whilst it has reduced the pain and pins and needles affect i suffered, I now have little strength in that hand. I was supposed to have the other hand done, but as I broke this wrist several years ago, and the wrist is not as strong as it was, I now dont want to chance an operation on that hand as it will reduce the strength in that hand even more, so I just take anti inflammatory pills and that generally eases the pain. Just one more thing us ladies suffer with.
Our bodies were designed to live much longer than 70 or 80 years. How come we die so early?
well i got it when i was pregnant when i woke in the mornings my hands felt really tight and hurt when i try ed to open then up.my Friends sister just had an operation on her hands to sort it out.More Questions and Answers
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