How Your Doctor Properly Diagnoses Carpal Tunnel Nerve Pain In the physical exam and neurological exam your doctor will observe any swelling, limitation in movement, any movement that causes you pain and your symptom pattern, test your reflexes, muscle strength, and other nerve changes. Persistent compression or chaffing creates scar tissue which only make the condition worse so Early diagnosis is important. Additionally this test can be ordered if the hand numbness, tingling or weakness persists greater than 3 months with no relief from other therapies EVEN IF YOU HAVE ONLY MINOR SYMPTOMS. For additional information visit Linking to and Using Content from MedlinePlus.The test can be ordered after 1 month of symptoms of numbness, tingling, weakness in the hand/wrist/forearm where the symptoms are moderate to severe or persistent referred pain from the neck or forearm to hand is in your overall history with no relief from other therapies.
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Conduction block (the impulse is blocked somewhere along the nerve pathway).Axonopathy (damage to the long portion of the nerve cell).Most often, abnormal results are due to nerve damage or destruction, including:
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