{"id":1039,"date":"2024-03-12T23:27:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T17:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neuronpainclinic.com\/blogs\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2024-03-12T23:31:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T18:01:25","slug":"carpal-tunnel-syndrome-a-common-neuropathic-pain-affecting-fingers-and-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neuronpainclinic.com\/blogs\/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-a-common-neuropathic-pain-affecting-fingers-and-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A common neuropathic pain affecting fingers and hand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neuropathic pain or pain arising from nerves is a distinct entity! This condition is different from pain from joints, muscle, ligament or tendons. It has been found that around 10-15% people suffer from this \u201cneuropathic pain\u201d. Even many patients suffering from long-standing joint pain also experience from additional neuropathic pain because of sensitization of nerves from the chronicity of pain.<\/p>\n

\u201cNeuropathic Pain\u201d typically manifests as tingling, burning, stabbing pain with electric-shock like sensation, pins needle like pain associated with numbness, and increased sensitivity. Many people can correlate with similar symptoms in their day to day life. This neuropathic pain can happen secondary to many disease conditions, nerve compression, trauma\/injury and surgery.<\/p>\n

One form of \u201cneuropathic pain\u201d is from compression of the nerve at various locations of the body. In that category \u201ccarpal tunnel syndrome<\/a>\u201d is one of the commonest site of nerve compression leading to manifestation of neuropathic pain.<\/p>\n

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is the commonest compression related neuropathy where the \u201cmedian nerve\u201d gets compressed below a ligament (Image) at the wrist. The compression once becomes moderate to severe lead to tingling, pins needles type discomfort and pain, especially during activity, work and at night during sleep because during these activities the pressure inside the wrist further builds up and pressure on the median nerve increases leading to more pain.<\/p>\n

Many people ask why does it happen? This mostly happen in ladies and in patients with diabetes, hypothyroid, obesity, pregnancy, and rheumatoid arthritis. But it can still happen without these conditions. The course of the nerve is such that it is prone for compression at the wrist.<\/p>\n

Many people ignore such symptoms for months to years leading to thinning of hand muscles where their grip become affected. Some people think it is because of cold and weather changes.<\/p>\n

Differential Diagnosis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Few other disease process can also mimic like carpal tunnel syndrome and it is essential to rule out clinical examination and tests. They are-<\/p>\n