Carpal tunnel

curl · August 13th, 2008, 02:37 AM

I'm curious to know how you went.

I'm currently 34 weeks pg and my pain is almost unbearable tonight. The pins and needles started up a few weeks ago but has now reached a point where at night from near the elbow right down to the tips of my fingers I have a pain like I've dipped my arms in freezing water. My fingers ache with pins & needles and the swelling in my fingers doesn't subside until near midday each day. I've tried not sleeping on my hands/arms, shaking my hands in the air, wriggling my fingers etc but I don't seem to get any relief. My next dr appointment is on Friday and I can't wait because I want solutions and he's an accupuncturist too so hopefully will have some handy tips on pressure points?

What measures did any of you take that worked?

**nagromeyk** · August 13th, 2008, 03:37 AM

Curl - you say your pain comes from your elbow down your arm to fingers. I would question as to whether your case is Carpel Tunnel ??

It sounds more like Tendonitis to me... but in saying that I'm no expert.... maybe that is something to look into?

**dee73** · August 13th, 2008, 07:47 AM

If it is definately ct, then the best thing you can do is wear splints overnight. Get them from a chemist or a physio. I found that by wearing them all night my hands were good through the day. Although occasionally I had to wear them thru the day too... If you splint and it doesn't give any relief then it's possibly not ct.

Do all your fingers tigle/ache? From memory, ct should not affect the pinky...

curl · August 13th, 2008, 08:34 AM

Thanks for your replies.

I'm not diagnosed yet. Dr's appointment is on Friday. I'll be questioning him then, thoroughly, as to what the condition is exactly. The pinky's seem to be fine but the other fingers are all tingling.

Last night when I eventually went back to bed I found that each side I slept on was affected so I would have to shake arms/wriggle fingers etc until it subsided and try the other side for a time. Being pregnant I have to sleep on a side but either way I go it hurts after a while and I am not sleeping on my arms or hands. I just hope this is a temporary issue related to fluid retention and nothing more serious. My ankles incidently are not swollen so the fluid is only in the hands/fingers and it is only at night while I'm in bed that the cycle starts over again.