Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
The median nerve helps the movement of the forearm, wrist, hand, and fingers. It is known to innervate most f the muscles found in the anterior forearm and intrinsic hand muscles. When this nerve is pressured, it occurs the condition called carpal tunnel syndrome.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition causing pain, numbness, and tingling in the hand, arm, and fingers. Its common symptoms include a feeling of weakness when gripping things with one of both hands, pain or numbness in one or both hands, pins, and needles feelings in the fingers, swollen feeling in the fingers, and a burning or tingling sensation felt in the fingers, especially in the thumb. The thumb is affected due to nerve compression caused by inflammation and damage to the joint.
There are three stages of carpal tunnel syndrome; these are mild, moderate, and severe. Mild carpal tunnel syndrome can cause pain in the thumb. When carpal syndrome is in the moderate stage, the thumb may start to feel numbness, and when it becomes severe, the pain in the thumb may also worsen. This may stop a person from doing normal activities that involve the usage of a thumb.
