Carpal tunnel syndrome is more prevalent in women, potentially due to their greater propensity to retain water and smaller carpal tunnel. In fact, it occurs in a 3:1 female-to-male ratio, per a ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome usually starts slowly, causing numbness or tingling in the fingers (especially the thumb, index and middle fingers). It can also cause swelling and a cold feeling, along ...

As carpal tunnel syndrome gets worse, the symptoms may become more prominent during the day and you may experience similar sensations in your wrist. Over time, you might ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome was linked to wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis in new research, highlighting the importance of ...

Using a cellphone can increase your risk of carpal tunnel syndrome. If you need to use your smartphone frequently, you may wish to hold it with one hand instead of two or take advantage of hands ...

What you do might play more of a role than who you are, in terms of whether you should be concerned about carpal tunnel syndrome. Carpal tunnel “mostly affects the middle-aged to elderly ...

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is the world’s most common neuropathy caused by nerve compression. It happens when the median nerve, which runs through your wrist, gets squeezed inside a narrow ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome, most often caused by overuse, is the compression of the median nerve as it goes into the hand, explains Kate Wilkins Nellans, MD, MPH, board-certified, fellowship-trained ...

In carpal tunnel syndrome, the median nerve, which goes through a passageway in the wrist called the carpal tunnel, becomes compressed. It is the most common type of entrapment neuropathy.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is often referred to as an invisible condition because its symptoms are not always readily apparent. Unlike a visible injury, such as a broken bone or a sprained ankle, ...

As Carpal Tunnel Syndrome worsens, the symptoms become more persistent and painful – resulting in more and more disruptions to sleep patterns. Unable to achieve deep, ...

Ten years after the index date, 8.4% of patients with carpel tunnel syndrome (incidence, 8.7 cases per 1,000 patient-years) and 6.2% of patients without carpal tunnel syndrome (incidence, 6.1 ...