Friday 12, Jun 2009
Steroid Injection Treats Carpel Tunnel Syndrome
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Carpel tunnel syndrome causes tingling, numbness and pain in the fingers or hand. Some people even have pain in their arms between their hand and elbow. The symptoms often occur in the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and half of the ring finger. This condition of the wrist resulting from compression of the median nerve that runs from the base of the palm up to the forearm affecting people who perform repetitive hand motions, including computer users, dental hygienists, golfers and tennis players.
The symptoms of carpel tunnel syndrome are usually treated with splinting and pain relievers such as ibuprofen. If these treatments do not work, surgery is performed to decompress the nerves. Fortunately, there is a new way to treat the symptoms of carpel tunnel syndrome without having to undergo surgery – steroid injection.
From Bio-Medicine:
Researchers say a non-surgical treatment is just as good as invasive surgery in relieving painful symptoms associated with carpel tunnel syndrome.
Standard treatment for symptoms of carpel tunnel syndrome includes splinting and pain relievers like ibuprofen. When those methods fail to help, many patients undergo surgery to decompress the nerve. However, another option is to receive steroid injections to relieve symptoms.
In a recent study researchers compared results between people who had been experiencing symptoms of the condition for at least three months. Results showed no difference in outcomes between the groups over the long term, and in the short term, people who received the injections actually reported better relief of symptoms.
This option was proven effective when the researchers compared the results between people who had been experiencing symptoms of the condition for at least three months. Patients were randomly assigned to receive either surgery or the steroid injections. They found out that patients who received the injections actually reported better relief of symptoms.
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