what is corpel tunnel of the wrist?

Answer 1

Did you ever wake up and your hand is still asleep — all numb and giving you pins and needles? That's what it can feel like to have CTS.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a specific group of symptoms that can include tingling, numbness, weakness, or pain in the fingers, thumb, hand, and occasionally in the arm. These symptoms occur when there is pressure on the median nerve within the wrist.

The carpal tunnel is a small space or "tunnel" in the wrist formed by the wrist bones (carpal bones) and a ligament (transverse carpal ligament). The median nerve and several tendons pass through the carpal tunnel from the forearm to the hand. The tendons are surrounded by tubes of tissue (tendon sheaths). The median nerve controls some movements of the thumb, and this nerve supplies feeling to most of the thumb and to the index finger, middle finger, and part of the ring finger.

It's pretty tight inside the carpal tunnel. In fact, there's barely enough room for the tendons and the nerve to pass through it. If anything takes up extra room in the canal, the median nerve gets pinched, which causes numbness and tingling in the area of the hand where the nerve spreads out. Swelling can occur when someone does the same thing over and over, like typing on a computer or playing video games or a musical instrument for long periods of time.. This swelling can pinch the nerve.

A brace or splint can help mild cases of CTS. It is usually worn at night and keeps a person's wrists from bending. Keeping the wrist straight opens the carpal tunnel so the nerve has as much room as possible. Resting the wrist will allow the swollen tendons to shrink. Medicines like ibuprofen can also help reduce the swelling.

In more severe cases, your doctor may recommend cortisone to reduce inflammation and swelling in the carpal tunnel.

If none of these treatments help, the person may need surgery to release the pressure on the median nerve. This surgery takes less than an hour and usually doesn't require a stay overnight in the hospital. Very few people are permanently injured by CTS. Most can get better and take steps to prevent the symptoms from returning.

Answer 2

You mean Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/carpal-tunnel/Carpal-Tunnel-Syndrome-Topic-Overview

Answer 3

It leaves you with aching pain so you can't easily move your wrist, type or do any hand movement without pain and perhaps cramping, inability to hold any weight without pain during or at least after- and tingling, pins and needles feeling after sleeping, need to hang hands over the bedside or shake them to get rid of the numbness. Comes on you after a repetitive task, typeing with hands up and wrists too low, or twisting repetitively like using a screw driver, this overworks the tendons.