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What are the signs of carpal tunnel?

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Dr. Jeffrey Wint answered

Specializes in Hand Surgery

Carpal tunnel often: Begins with wrist pain, tingling in the fingers that often begins at night or with activity. This progresses with increased frequency of symptoms . Here is a video that talks t teh progression to more severe symptoms http://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=lwghddhvm60.

Answered 5/21/2013

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Tingling: Numbness, tingling or the feeling like your fingers are falling asleepa re the earliest signs. This can wake you up at nighttime. Carpal tunnel can affect the thumb, index, long and half of the ring finger.

Answered 10/4/2016

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Dr. Michael Fitzmaurice answered

Specializes in Hand Surgery

Numbness / pain: Carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms can include numbness and tingling usually to the thumb, index and middle fingers. This can often be associated with wrist pain. Symptoms are often worse with certain activity which may increase the amount of pressure within the carpal tunnel or at night while sleeping.

Answered 3/3/2018

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Carpal tunnel: This is tingling or burning in part or all of the shaded area shown above. This is typically the first symptom to develop. The index and middle fingers are usually first to be affected. Pain in the same fingers may then develop. Numbness of the same finger(s), or in part of the palm, may develop if the condition becomes worse. http://patient.info/health/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-leaflet

Answered 1/4/2017

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Many symptoms.: Generally altered sensation and or pain in the thumb and next two digits of one of your hands. Comes on with stress of the hand and wrist such as holding a book, pencil, typing, carrying a briefcase, doing push ups etc. Pain can sometimes extend up to shoulder. Often noted in am or can wake you from sleep.

Answered 12/28/2012

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Dr. John Michalski answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Carpal tunnel: Numbness and tingling of the radial 3 and a half digits of the hands, having to shake your hand to get sensation back, awakening from this, dropping things.

Answered 10/4/2016

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