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I'm having some serious wrist-pains! could this be carpal tunnel?
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Unlikely: Carpal tunnel in characterized to numbness, electric shocks or pins and needles sensation in the thumb and the first 2 1/2 fingers. Wrist pain alone is nor carpal tunnel.
Answered 3/23/2013
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