Symptoms have increased

Since my nerve study test yesterday, my symptoms have increased dramatically. I had a very disturbed sleep last night, despite wearing both splints, last evening was also difficult.How long will it take to settle down?

Having tests today

Hello,

I'm coming for tests today but I have a strong suspicion that my problems are to do with my spine and not CTS.

I have scoliosis of the spine (s curve) and at night both arms go completly numb, including my little finger. During the day my right hand is colder than the left and this hand is very weak and the one that gives me pain. If I type for too long my fingers get painful, curl up and go stiff. I also suffer from twitching/muscle spasms which hand led to objects flying out of my hands.

Progress report using the splint

After using the splint every night whilst sleeping from 11pm to 7.30am for two weeks, there has been some improvement. I have not has a tingling sensation for over ten days, the pain has gone, and I am able to use my hand for the tasks I found difficult which was discussed during my appointment.

I will continue with the splint for a further two weeks, and report back again at this point.

return of symptoms in both hands

Hi Dr Bland

I'm sorry to say that I've hand a return of symptoms in both hands. I had both wrists injected last December with good results - my right wrist was symptom free until about July and the left wrist until about a month ago. The injection in the right wrist was repeated early September but I was only symptom free for about 8 weeks. I don't have any problems in the daytime, but am awoken several times most nights. Can I have the injections repeated?

swollen index finger

in may 2011 i was diagnosed with CTS.

Contacting Dr J Bland / Progress

I underwent surgery on my left hand on 22 October. Recovery going well and although there is some numbness in the fingertips it is a vast improvement.

Please could I be booked for another appointment as soon as possible in order to get the right hand surgery done.

Many Thanks

Fleur Burns

Steroid Injection success (so far anyway!)

Hello Dr Bland
Just wanted to update you - I had steroid injections into both wrists in August following discussion with you about whether or not to have surgery on my grade 3/4s.I am delighted to report that I have had no symptoms since, and also that the injections were surprisingly painless with only a couple of days of very slight weakness & bruising. I am hoping that the results will last, but wanted to inform you and also to encourage others to at least give the injections a try. I am hoping that posting this will not mean the symptoms suddenly return! - but i will let you know.

To inject or wait

Thank you very much for this forum I had my right hand done earlier this year although I felt the improvement was about 70% at the time I was disappointed that some digits had remained numb, but its now been about 6 months and I have a definite improvement in the fingers. I have been contemplating injections in my left wrist because this one is nothing like the right one was but still very painful at times and aches most of the time, but I didn’t realize this was a temporary fix.

Swelling of the hand after steriod injection

I have had 4 weeks with splints but they didn't make any difference, so I today saw my GP who gave me an injection in my right wrist on the spot. The injection itself was not bad at all but since then the pain is unbearable from my fingers, right up my arm, this I expect is quite normal but my whole hand has swollen very much, my thumb & fingers are especially bad. Is this normal? Also if this does not help in the long run what will happen next?
Many thanks for taking the time to read this
Kind regards

Progress report

Visited Dr Miles; agreed with action not to operate at present - ie to wait and see if symptons return and visit GP if they do. Left hand normal except I put it into a circular saw. Left hand v. slight numbness only in top few mm of index and ring fingers sometimes ring finger too, only, which mostly dissapears at night anyway. Only notice numbness when tips of fingers touched. Strange that you can feel numbness!