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[metalman]

EDanaII wrote:

Over the years, I've been fighting with carpol tunnel. By the time I was thirty, it was pretty clearly a problem. I've managed by slowly changing my habits and by purchasing the appropriate keyboards, but as I've gotten older, even they have become less effective.

Ed.

What treatments for carpal tunnel have you been trying ?

I had a case for several months. At its worst my whole hand except for little finger would go numb. Now only the tip of my thumb remains numb. Symptoms gradually went away when I immobilized the wrist in a splint at night to keep my wrist from curling during sleep.

I took anti-inflammatories, (aspirin, ibuprofen) used a radiant heat ice pack and hydrocortisone lotion on wrist for flair ups during day.

[metalman]

X-ray wrote:
For a case like like that I would definitely see a hand surgeon.
I saw one back in 1997 when I had a paraesthesia (a kind of numbness) of my fourth and fifth fingers.

Surgrey not worth the risk, might loose more than sensitivity of thumb. In the summer all the ulnar nerve fingers were totally numb. I overused my hand to the point of muscle cramps from fatigue, for 2-3 weeks this summer. Then inflamation of muscles and tendons in wrist brought on the carpal tunnel. Now I keep a ice pack ready.