Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Running head: CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
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CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME1
Carpal tunnel syndrome is defend as the health condition that results in numbness,
tingling and pain in the arm and hand. The syndrome results due to compressing or squeezing
of the hand nerve known as median nerve. There are various types of physical examination
that is conducted for carpal tunnel syndrome includes Tinel’s sign test, two-point
discrimination test and Phalen’s sign test (Cooke & Duncan, 2017). The doctor or the health
care provider performs these above mentioned test in order to focus on the patient’s wrist,
hands, arms and neck. Presence of any numbness, tingling, pain or weakness exhibit the
presence of syndrome after conducting the physical examination. The median nerve present
in the hand or arm of the patient is compressed due to limited space and high pressure from
carpal tunnel that leads to alternation of the structure of median nerve and results in
entrapment. Alteration in the microvascular structure of the nerve takes place due to
compression of the nerve and results in biochemical disturbances that further reduces the
endoneurial blood flow and results in edema that in turn increases the diffusion space for
oxygen and leads to hypoxia condition. This abnormal condition results in axonal
deterioration of the median nerve followed by neuritis that is the primary symptom of carpal
tunnel syndrome (Aboonq, 2015).
There are various risk factors associated with the carpal tunnel syndrome that includes
hypothyroidism, gout, pregnancy, diabetes, distal radius fracture, rheumatoid arthritis, wrist
injury, alcoholism and obesity. There are various types of treatment available for carpal
tunnel syndrome that range from resting phase to repair phase. The most significant treatment
approach for the syndrome is resting for several weeks that would ease the inflammation
associated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen or aspirin that
will reduce the pain and swelling among the patient. Other treatments include physical
therapy, yoga postures, corticosteroid infections, ultrasound, acupuncture, laser light therapy
treatments and carpal tunnel release surgery (Padua et al., 2016). There are various tips that is