CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is numbness, tingling, weakness and other problems in your hand because of pressure on the median nerve in your wrist.

THE SYNDROME CAUSED DUE TO THE COMPRESSION OF MEDIAN NERVE DUE TO EXCESSIVE WORKING ON COMPUTERS OR AS THE COMPLICATION OF COLLE’S FRACTURE.

• CLINICALLY, MOTOR LOSS- INTRINSIC MUSCLE WASTING—WEAK GRIPPING
• APE THUMB DEFORMITY
• LOSS OF OPPOSITION OF THUMB
• PARALYSIS OF FIRST & SECOND LUMBRICALS- UNABLE TO MAKE FIST
• SENSORY LOSS LATERAL 3 HALF DIGITS
• DRY SKIN & WARM DUE TO ARTERIOLAR DILATATION

The median nerve and several tendons run from your forearm to your hand through a small space in your wrist called the carpal tunnel. The median nerve controls movement and feeling in your thumb and first three fingers. Pressure on the median nerve causes carpal tunnel syndrome. This pressure can come from swelling or anything that makes the carpal tunnel smaller.

 Carpal tunnel syndrome can cause tingling, numbness, weakness, or pain in the fingers or hand. Some people may have pain in their arm between their hand and their elbow. Symptoms most often occur in the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and half of the ring finger. If you have problems with your other fingers but your little finger is fine, this may be a sign that you have carpal tunnel syndrome. A different nerve gives feeling to the little finger.