I had carpal tunnel in both hands, and had surgery on both (one at a time!) to fix it, very successfully. Mine was pre-diabetes and due to the classic pinch of the nerve by a tight ligament at the base of the palm. Carpal tunnel causes pain, and numbness most specifically in thumb, index, middle and half of the ring finger. The little finger does not go numb in classic CTS.Does anyone suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome due to having type one diabetes? I'm getting bad pain in my hands , fingers and arms and my dsn told me it could be this.
Does anyone suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome due to having type one diabetes? I'm getting bad pain in my hands , fingers and arms and my dsn told me it could be this.
I've just been diagnosed with CTS, severe in my Right Hand and Minor in my left, I had the nerve tests in hospital recently. I've also had frozen shoulders in both, 3 operations to free them, which has taken away the pain but still have limited movement. As for trigger fingers, I have had all but 1 finger operated on over the years and both thumbs, 10 operations in total.I did have it 15 yrs ago and changed to a roller ball mouse for work (computer), it went away and never came back. I've had trigger finger and got that repaired by surgery.
I had carpal tunnel in both hands, and had surgery on both (one at a time!) to fix it, very successfully. Mine was pre-diabetes
Thanks for that. Sometimes on wakening up in the morning my thumb, index, middle and possibly half of my ring finger is numb in one/both hands (never painful and I just give them a wiggle and they go back to normal in a second or two. My pinkie/little finger never goes numb. So you solved a mystery for me - much appreciated. As I too have wondered if it could be diabetes related. May I ask how you know the little finger does not go numb in classic CTS?I had carpal tunnel in both hands, and had surgery on both (one at a time!) to fix it, very successfully. Mine was pre-diabetes and due to the classic pinch of the nerve by a tight ligament at the base of the palm. Carpal tunnel causes pain, and numbness most specifically in thumb, index, middle and half of the ring finger. The little finger does not go numb in classic CTS.
If your nurse thinks it’s diabetes related, does she think it is a form of neuropathy rather than nerve entrapment?
It’s because the nerve that goes through the centre of the wrist (median nerve) only supplies those fingers, so if it is compressed by the palm ligament then only those fingers are affected. The other side of the ring finger and the little finger are supplied by the ulna nerve which goes through a separate channel and can also be compressed in its own way, but shows a different pattern of numbness.Thanks for that. Sometimes on wakening up in the morning my thumb, index, middle and possibly half of my ring finger is numb in one/both hands (never painful and I just give them a wiggle and they go back to normal in a second or two. My pinkie/little finger never goes numb. So you solved a mystery for me - much appreciated. As I too have wondered if it could be diabetes related. May I ask how you know the little finger does not go numb in classic CTS?