Carpal Tunnel
The CTS is the acronym for the word Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and this is also known as the Median Neuropathy. This is a medical condition, in which the median curve gets compressed at the wrist; this often leads to pain, muscle weakness and parenthesis in the hand. True carpal tunnel only elicits the symptoms in the thumb, and the index fingers along with the median nerve distribution.
But there are some patients that similarly experience some of these symptoms not only in the hand but in their palms too. And this is the main reason why most of the experts have called it to be a form of compressive neuropathy.
The Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is more common in ladies as compared to men and usually they are the ones that are affected with this syndrome at the age of 40-45, but this is not necessary they would get it at this time span only. There are some that can get affected at anytime. The lifetime risk that is estimated for the carpal tunnel is around 10-15 per cent of the adult population. However, there are many cases of the carpal tunnel syndrome that are idiopathic.
Most of the experts and researchers believe that these are caused by repetitive activities along with several other problems that contribute to the development of this syndrome. But still this has not been confirmed by them, they are still researching whether this has got to do with regular activities or not.
This is a multifaceted problem and therefore can be challenging for its diagnosis, this is because there are many multitude possible treatments that could be undergoing simultaneously for any other disease or medical condition.
There have been recent reports and findings that have shown that medications that have been prescribed for this syndrome have not been able to modify the extent of the disease.
Usually the median nerve passes within the carpal tunnel, this is a canal in the wrist bone that is surrounded by the bone all the three sides and also a transverse carpal ligament on the fourth side. There are nine tendons that pass through the tunnel and then reach the hand.
The median nerve can be compressed by a decrease in the size of the canal and by bending the wrist at 90 degrees this would increase the size of the canal. This was the anatomy of the carnal tunnel syndrome.
