Best Doctors for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Treatment in Visakhapatnam

Carpal Tunnel syndrome is the condition in which the median nerve of the wrist is compressed, leading to numbness, pain, and tingling sensation in the forearm and hand. Carpel tunnel is the space between the wrist bones. The symptoms will be pain in the wrist, fingers, and hands, tingling sensation, numbness, and difficulty in having a grip to hold objects. The causes of carpal tunnel syndrome could be frequent strain, injuries, sprains, arthritis, and fractures of wrist bones. This syndrome is diagnosed through X-ray, electromyography, ultrasound, and nerve conduction study. The treatment options can be simple in the early stages such as frequent breaks during work, usage of cold packs, etc. There are other treatment options such as splinting of wrist, medications, and surgery. Risk factors that can worsen carpel tunnel syndrome are who work with repetitive movements with wrists and hands, women, older than 40 years of age, family history of the syndrome, and also there are certain health condition like gout, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, hypothyroidism, and obesity.