CTS, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,Symptoms,  Treatment, Cure: There is numbness in my fingers. I have heard that it is  the first signs of carpal tunnel.What Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

What Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)

You have to be absolutely sure that you have carpal tunnel syndrome or CTS. This is a disease that is mired in controversy as far as the reasons for it occurring go, but the latest data and studies seem to indicate a genetic predisposition to this disease. The fact that this disease started to gain prominence after the advent of office jobs probably only highlights people’s reaction to the discovery of a new disease. This is ratified by the fact that it is not only people who type at keyboards who are CTS patients but also sportsmen.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Symptoms And  Treatment

To be absolutely sure that you have CTS, try the following tests at home. First, flex the wrist gently as far as you can. If you experience the numbness, this is one sign. Next, apply pressure over the palm, if this gives you a tingling and numbness then this is also a sign. Both of these together would confirm that you have CTS. Treating CTS medically does involve surgery right at the end, when all other methods fail – or this can be done to avoid going through the rigors of the other treatments and watching them fail eventually. However, if surgery is really not an option then the most effective treatments are the use of a splint, corticosteroid injections, physiotherapy, and changing your work culture. The splint is used to avoid you getting numbness and tingling when you are asleep. This is because the median nerve that is connected to the problems of the CTS starts to behave like it is going to sleep when it is depressed, so the splint allows one to avoid being in this situation. The next option is to take corticosteroid injections. These are effective in the short term but have long term consequences for the rest of the body, because the use of corticosteroids suppresses the immune system and you are open to bigger problems like deadly infections and cancer from the use of these. The other option is that you consult a physiotherapist and perform some exercises that will relieve the pain, tingling and numbness. Finally, you should modify the repetitive nature of work by regularly taking breaks and practicing ergonomics at work. If all these fail then surgery is the only way out.

Carpal Tunnel Cure At Home

At home, since corticosteroids are the method of treatment medically, you need to take anti-inflammatory herbs at home. There are three herbs that do this: feverfew, ginger, and turmeric. These should be added to food in high concentrations or mashed together and taken as a pill in doses that are high enough to give you relief.