Carpal Tunnel Treatment
SKIN EXPERTS UNITED KINGDOM
If you feel a burning, tingling, or itching numbness in the palm of your hand and thumb, or index and middle fingers you may have a carpal tunnel syndrome. The solution? A carpal tunnel release procedure that can change the way your hand feels. Treatment cost starting from £900 per hand.
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You might first notice that your fingers “fall asleep” and become numb at night. That usually happens in the evening because of the relaxed position of your hand and while sleeping.
In the morning, you may wake up with numbness and tingling in your hands that may run all the way to your shoulder. In time, the symptoms can become far more serious, and the best way is to move forward with a carpal tunnel release procedure.
What causes Carpal Tunnel?
It is caused by pressure on the main nerve of your hand, which runs through the length of the arm, goes through a passage in the wrist called the carpal tunnel, and ends in the fingers. This nerve controls the movement and feeling of your thumb, and also the movement of all your fingers except your baby finger.
If you have carpal tunnel syndrome and don’t get it treated, its symptoms can last a long time, get worse, and can even go away and return causing irreversible nerve damage. Carpal tunnel release is the single best way to resolve your pain.
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A Step By Step Guide
During carpal tunnel release, the doctor will inject a local anaesthetic at the wrist and hand. Once the area is numb a small cut will be made in the base of the palm of your hand, about 1cm-1.5cm long. Through this cut the doctor will open the carpal tunnel releasing the compression on the nerve. During the procedure a blood pressure cuff will be inflated on the upper arm to reduce blood flow to the operating field. The procedure takes on average 15 minutes. Once the cut has been sutured and dressing applied your doctor will go through the aftercare with you and arrange the follow up appointments.
