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2. Carpal tunnel syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a nerve compression syndrome associated with the collected signs and symptoms of compression of the median nerve at the carpal tunnel in the wrist. Carpal tunnel syndrome is an idiopathic syndrome but there are environmental, and medical risk factors associated with the condition. [6] [1] CTS can affect both wrists.

3. What happens to your body when you have carpal tunnel ... - AOL

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   Carpal tunnel syndrome is a ... and it felt as if I had shoved my hand into an oven and there was a troll in there with an ice pick pounding away. ... my hand in a brace would be OK most of the ...

4. Carpal tunnel rates are up. Experts blame these 4 factors. - AOL

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   There has also been an explosion of growth in products to treat carpal tunnel syndrome, with the market expected to grow by nearly 6% over the next decade, making it a billion-dollar industry ...

5. Nerve compression syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Alternatively, there may be expansion of the tissues around a nerve in a space where there is little room for this to occur, as is often the case in carpal tunnel syndrome. This may be due to weight gain or peripheral oedema (especially in pregnancy), or to a specific condition such as acromegaly , hypothyroidism or scleroderma and psoriasis .

6. Carpal tunnel - Wikipedia

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   In the human body, the carpal tunnel or carpal canal is a flattened body cavity on the flexor (palmar/volar) side of the wrist, bounded by the carpal bones and flexor retinaculum. It forms the passageway that transmits the median nerve and the tendons of the extrinsic flexor muscles of the hand from the forearm to the hand . [ 1 ]

7. Flexor retinaculum of the hand - Wikipedia

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   Indication of the site of the problem in carpal tunnel syndrome. In carpal tunnel syndrome, one of the tendons or tissues in the carpal tunnel is inflamed, swollen, or fibrotic and puts pressure on the other structures in the tunnel, including the median nerve. Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most commonly reported nerve entrapment syndrome. [2]