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carpal tunnel or scar tissue?
by marajade86, Mar 25, 2008 02:25PM
when i was about 5 i broke my wrist. it took about 6 hours total from breaking it til a doctor saw me. when they finally saw me my wrist had started to fuse back together and they had to rebreak it. since then ive had issues with my wrist, lately ive noticed that i can actually pull my hand any from the wrist which i believe means the carpal bones are not connected to my hand. i also suffer from intense pain in my wrist during winter and spring. this pain will shoot up from my wrist to my elbow. i have been told by many this is carpal tunnel and others have told me its scar tissue build up. i do not have any insurance to pay for a doctor to look at it nor could i afford for one out of pocket. if there is anyone that can tell me what is actually going on with my wrist i would greatly appreciate it.
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Carpal tunnel syndrome will produce some more symptoms. Since the medial nerve is entrapped in the carpal tunnel, your outer fingers will have weakness and tingling and numbness. Since you have mentioned only of the pain which travels some distance up, I suspect either an injured nerve or reflex sympathetic dystrophy. This occurs at the site of fracture or surgery.
Regards