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Carpal tunnel syndrome

Carpal tunnel (CTS) is a nerve compression syndrome caused when the median nerve, in the carpal tunnel of the wrist, becomes compressed. CTS can affect both wrists when it is known as CTS. After a wrist fracture, and bone displacement can compress the median nerve. With , the enlarged synovial lining of the tendons causes compression.

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Symptoms — what it feels like

·Numbness, tingling in the thumb, index, middle finger, and half of ring finger.

Causes — why it happens

·Compression of the median nerve at the carpal tunnel

How it's found

·Based on symptoms, physical examinations, electrodiagnostic tests

Prevention

·None

Treatment

·Wrist splint, corticosteroid injections,

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