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2006-08-06 16:24:40 · 3 answers · asked by liveelou 2 in Health Diseases & Conditions Other - Diseases

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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. The median nerve controls sensations to the palm side of the thumb and fingers (although not the little finger), as well as impulses to some small muscles in the hand that allow the fingers and thumb to move. The carpal tunnel - a narrow, rigid passageway of ligament and bones at the base of the hand ¾ houses the median nerve and tendons. Sometimes, thickening from irritated tendons or other swelling narrows the tunnel and causes the median nerve to be compressed. The result may be pain, weakness, or numbness in the hand and wrist, radiating up the arm. Although painful sensations may indicate other conditions, carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common and widely known of the entrapment neuropathies in which the body's peripheral nerves are compressed or traumatized.

2006-08-06 16:30:08 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor 7 · 1 0

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2015-08-26 17:58:49 · answer #2 · answered by Darcey 1 · 0 0

it is a pintched nerve my mom has that in her fingers stay numb and she shakes like crazy you can have surgery on your hands to get ride of it but not a 50 50 chance it will always work cause my mom had surgery to correct it in it didnt work for her but remimber all people are diffrent

2006-08-06 16:38:19 · answer #3 · answered by una 2 · 0 0

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