I think i have carpel tunnel in my left hand? How can i tell?

Question

i made an appointment for the doctor, i'm a healthy 24 year old woman and my left wrist has been hurting for months? Is this curable if i have it?

Answer 1

carpal tunnel? typist's, sports(tennis, ping-pong), sheetmetalmen(from years of using tinsnips) are a few people who develope this....I had both wrist's done...My hands would go to sleep, I would wake up at night holding both arms outstretched because of the pain...couldnt even give a handshake...Only surgery will cure this....good luck...

Answer 2

You have severe pain in your hand or both hands.
You have shoulder pain at night that radiates down to your hand.
You work with your hands either pulling, cleaning, cutting grabbing.
There are 2-3 other conditions that are similar to Carpal Tunnel, dont do SURGERY. NOT true what she says below!!!
First take Vitamin B Complex twice a day, wear wrist splints at night avaiable in the Pharmacy, they keep your wrist straight because at night you bend your wrist and thats what causes pain.
The doctor will do a simple test where he or shee bends your wrist for a few seconds to see if your wrist and han goes num.
If you use a PC, use a wrist pad, during the day lay your wrist on an ice bag to decrease the inflmmation, you can take aspirin but the remedy I give you above works without any drugs.

Answer 3

carpel tunnel syndrome is compression of the median nerve(a nerve running in the middle of forearm to the palm of hand)in the carpel tunnel under the flexor retinaculum.it could be acute due to fractue of carpal bones or chronic with hypothyroidism or rheumatoid arthritis.symptoms are early as pain in the hand along median nerve distribution and late there is weakness ,parasthesia and numbness and atrophy of some muscles in the palm near the thumb. no sensory loss.it can be treated by surgical division of flexor retinaculum and decompression of the median nerve.hope u r fine.