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What Causes Numbness And Pain In The Hands?

MY HUSBANDS HANDS HAVE BEEN DRAWING UP AND HURTING HIM REALLY BAD. HE HASNT BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP LATLEY BECAUSE OF THE PAIN. SOME TIME BACK HE WAS HAVING NUMBNESS IN HIS HAND WHERE HE JUST COULDNT FEEL ANYTHING. HE IS ONLY 26 YEARS OLD WHAT COULD BE GOING ON?
Tue, 22 Apr 2014
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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

I have noted your husband's symptoms.

The most likely diagnosis could be carpal tunnel syndrome, where a nerve in the hand (median nerve) gets compressed by the soft tissues at the wrist level.

This can give rise to pain and numbness in the hand, usually worse at nights.

The diagnosis can be confirmed by doing nerve conduction studies.

Initial treatment consists of pregabalin or gabapentin capsules.

I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.

Wishing you good health,

Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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What Causes Numbness And Pain In The Hands?

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. I have noted your husband s symptoms. The most likely diagnosis could be carpal tunnel syndrome, where a nerve in the hand (median nerve) gets compressed by the soft tissues at the wrist level. This can give rise to pain and numbness in the hand, usually worse at nights. The diagnosis can be confirmed by doing nerve conduction studies. Initial treatment consists of pregabalin or gabapentin capsules. I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information. Wishing you good health, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in