Medically reviewed by Angela Ryan Lee, MD Symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome are a common early sign among people with a potentially serious heart condition called transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR).

Not that long ago, carpal tunnel syndrome was all over the news. Blame the modern age and repetitive tasks like typing for the surge in nerve pain in our hands and wrists. Though the condition has ...

Do you ever notice a feeling of numbness or tingling in your thumb and fingers when you’re in bed trying to fall asleep? If you spend a significant portion of your day on a computer or gaming, this ...

There’s a lot happening inside your wrist. Packed into that little space are numerous bones, tendons, ligaments, and nerves. Nine of those tendons and a large nerve are all packed together in an even ...

At the end of the workday, you may notice some symptoms like numbness, tingling, and weakness in your hands and wrists. This may ring especially true if you spend hours typing on your keyboard, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 78-year-old woman. Last September I had severe pain in my right hand. The pain was so bad that I had to go to the emergency room, where they did an MRI. Results showed I have ...

Typing, scrolling, gripping—your hands do a lot. But these repetitive motions can increase your risk of carpal tunnel syndrome, a condition that causes pain, stiffness and numbness in your wrists. And ...

If you’ve ever experienced numbness or tingling in your hand or wrist or an urge to “shake out” your hands, these are all common signs of carpal tunnel syndrome, which affects up to 5% of the ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm a homebuilder and have started experiencing numbness and tingling in my hands. Sometimes I drop things because I can't get a good grip. A friend suggested I might have carpal ...

Computer keyboards do not cause carpal tunnel syndrome, researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., say. The discovery, published in this week's edition of the journal Neurology, is certain ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 78-year-old woman. Last September I had severe pain in my right hand. The pain was so bad that I had to go to the emergency room, where they did an MRI. Results showed I have ...