Tingling Fingers and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

One of the leading causes of tingling fingers is carpal tunnel syndrome. If in case you’re wondering what the hake is carpal tunnel syndrome, it is a condition that occurs when the median nerve, which goes from the forearm into the hand, becomes squeezed or pinched at the wrist. The median nerve is the one that controls sensations to the palm side of the thumb and fingers, but not the little finger.

If you have a hobby or a job that puts repetitive stress on your wrists or fingers, causing you to position them at awkward angles with some frequency, your tingling symptoms may be an early sign of the onset of the disorder.

Many of us have experienced numbness in our extremities. When the tcikling or numbness occurs in our fingers it often causes alarm. The sensation, known as paresthesias, can be as mild as slight tingling but can also feeling like burning or pins and needles. Paresthesia usually is caused by nerve and blood vessel damage or entrapment. The specific fingers affected can help determine the cause of the discomfort.

Carpal tunnel syndrome most often affects the thumb and first two fingers. The carpal bones in the wrist and the transverse carpal ligament form the carpal tunnel. The medial nerve, along with tendons of several muscles of the forearm occupies the carpal tunnel into the hand. The median nerve is entrapped by the transverse carpal ligament as it passed through the carpal tunnel against the bones in the wrist.

If the fourth or fifth fingers are affected, the ulnar nerve could be entrapped at the elbow or chest. Nerve entrapment at the upper arm or arm pit area is called thoracic outlet syndrome. The nerves passing from the arm and into the trunk of the body pass under the pectoralis minor. If the pectoralis minor is tight, it can put pressure on the nerves causing tingling in arm and hand

Parethesias can be caused by a broad range of diseases. Most commonly, Diabetic neuropathy, though more often occurring in the lower extremities, is the inflammation and degeneration of the peripheral nerves.

Regardless of the cause, a doctor should treat persistent tingling in the fingers, before permanent damage can be done.