| Did you know that one in every one hundred people | | | | if the wrist has been fractured or injured or |
| is affected by what is known as carpal tunnel | | | | rheumatoid arthritis has set in. In many cases, |
| syndrome at some point in their life? While commonly | | | | repetitve stress induced carpal tunnel strain can |
| found in women in the thirty to fifty-year age range, | | | | cause the syndrome, especially in those who spend a |
| carpal tunnel syndrome can affect nearly anyone, | | | | great deal of time typing. |
| from assembly line workers, to surgeons and | | | | Symptoms of carpal tunnel can include tingling, |
| dentists, to secretaries and computer data entry | | | | numbness, and burning in the fingers, as well as the |
| personnel, to even those who play musical | | | | inability to make a fist or grip things. A person |
| instruments or video games. | | | | eventually loses the ability to squeeze things and may |
| Carpal tunnel syndrome is a very painful and | | | | even find it hard to tie their shoes. In the most |
| progressive condition that occurs in the wrist, caused | | | | extreme cases of carpal tunnel syndrome, the |
| by compression to the median nerve. The median | | | | patients are unable to determine hot or cold by |
| nerve runs into the hand starting from the forearm, | | | | touch. |
| and when it is squeezed or pressed at the wrist, the | | | | Treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome is available. |
| message carrying and receiving from the brain is | | | | Most physicians will advise against repetitive and |
| inhibited. | | | | exhaustive activities related to hand movement. |
| The name carpal tunnel syndrome, however, comes | | | | Stretching exercises and medicines like corticosteroids |
| from the eight bones in our wrists that are known as | | | | can help in relieving the syndrome. However, if the |
| carpals. They form a tunnel-like structure, hence the | | | | condition worsens, surgery may be the only available |
| term "carpal tunnel syndrome." Compression of the | | | | course of treatment. |
| tunnel walls is the most basic of causes of carpal | | | | If you feel as though you may be suffering from |
| tunnel syndrome. | | | | carpal tunnel syndrome, you should consult your |
| Other factors, such as congential predispostion and | | | | physician immediately to discuss symptoms and |
| even trauma based injury can also be to blame. | | | | treatment options. |
| Carpal tunnel syndrome can develop quickly, especially | | | | |