CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROM
ITS A SYNDROME CHARACTERIZED BY THE COMPRESSION OF THE MEDIAN NERVE AS IT PASSES BENEATH THE FLEXOR RETINACULUM.
CAUSES: ANY SPACE OCCUPYING LESION OF CARPAL TUNNEL MAY BE RESPONSIBLE.
OTHER COMMON CAUSES INCLUDE INFLAMMATORY CAUSES LIKE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS,POST TRAUMATIC CAUSES LIKE BONE THICKNING AFTER COLLE'S FRACTURE,ENDOCRINE CAUSES LIKE MYXOEDEMA AND ACROMEGALY, AND IDIOPATHIC CAUSE.
GENERALLY OCCURS IN MIDDLE AGED WOMEN. MAIN SYMPTOMS ARE TINGLING AND NUMBNESS IN THE THUMB AND RADIAL ONE AND HALF FINGERS.
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