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A member asked:

What can cause numb fingertips randomly ?mostly the thumb and the finger next to it.really annoying and strange

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Carpel tunnel : Most of the time those kind of symptoms are due pressure on the nerve at the wrist level called carpel tunnel syndrome.

Dr Kuitems and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 1/1/2021

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