What Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
What is carpal tunnel syndrome?
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a kind of repetitive stress injury that occurs when the median nerve in the hand, which runs from the palm of a hand through the carpal tunnel in the wrist and connects the forearm to the palm, is compressed by any of the nine long flexor tendons that also pass through the carpel tunnel either swell or start to degenerate.
This can be extremely painful, with patients who suffer from this condition experiencing tingling, burning and itching in the hand and fingers for extended periods of time.
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