What is carpal tunnel syndrome

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There are many ways to treat carpal tunnel syndrome, as much as possible to understand the disease, is conducive to our reasonable treatment, this is the place that patients should pay attention to. Let's take a detailed look at what is carpal tunnel syndrome.

What is carpal tunnel syndrome

First of all: carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common peripheral nerve compression disease, and it is also the most common disease that hand surgeons treat. There are many non-surgical treatments for carpal tunnel syndrome, including brace immobilization and corticosteroid injection. If conservative treatment can not alleviate the symptoms of patients, surgical treatment should be considered.

Secondly, the cause of carpal tunnel syndrome is the compression of median nerve caused by the increase of pressure in carpal tunnel. Carpal tunnel is a bone fiber channel composed of carpal bone and flexor retinaculum. The former constitutes the radial, ulnar and dorsal wall of carpal tunnel, while the latter constitutes the palmar wall. Different etiology diet of carpal tunnel syndrome, the appropriate treatment is not the same, must not blind medication treatment.

Finally, incidence rate of carpal tunnel syndrome is higher in women than in men, but the reason is not clear. Common symptoms include paresthesia and / or numbness in the median innervated area (radial half of thumb, index finger, middle finger and ring finger). Nocturnal finger numbness is often the first symptom of carpal tunnel syndrome. Many patients experience nocturnal finger numbness. The discomfort of numbness of fingers in many patients can be relieved to a certain extent by changing the posture of upper limbs or shaking hands.

matters needing attention

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a complex disease, many of which may not be fully understood by ordinary patients, but it is very important to receive treatment in a regular hospital in time after the illness.