hi all...hoping someone might be able to help me with a couple of questions about carpal tunnel.

i am waking up during the night with a sore hand & some numbness or tingling/pins & needles in my fingers. i get it during the day sometimes & it seems to be getting worse - i.e. the 2nd, 3rd & 4th fingers of my dominant hand are kind of tingly at the moment & when i make a fist, the joints are a little sore.

from what i've read. this sounds a bit like CT - but as far as i can see, i don't really have any swelling in my wrist or hand and i thought the symptoms always appeared along with swelling?

has anyone had these symptoms & not had swelling? i will ask at my next appt but it's not for another 11 days & i'm curious! it isn't too painful, more just disconcerting!