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My wrist doesn't hurt but my thumb is killing me. could it be from having carpal tunnel?
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No: The symptoms you describe suggest a tendonitis or arthritis. Carpal tunnel syndrome presents with pins and needles, numbness or electric shock sensation in a different distribution in the hand.
Answered 2/4/2016
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Thumb pain especiall: At the base of thumb commonly is due to arthritis or tendonitis, the nerve pain that affects the thumb and fingers can be from carpal tunnel too but its is a diferent type of pain, a numb tingling pain that in severe cases of cts is known as dysesthesia or painful feeling.
Answered 3/25/2023
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