re: Need some medical advice, Doctors, nurses and other medical semi-pros of the OT

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Both hands are numb and have tingling and moderate to severe pain going up my arm. Planning to go to whatever walk in clinic is open in Monroe today and see what the deal is, but I figure its probably carpal tunnel from what I've read online.

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Could be a couple things. Could be just overwork for the shape they were in and will improve with rest.

Carpal tunnel has the unique effect of tingling in your first 3 fingers but not your pinky finger. The nerve for the pinky does not run through the carpal tunnel in your wrist.

I had an issue a couple yrs ago that mimicked carpal tunnel. I went to an orthopedic doctor and he found a "pinched nerve in my neck that was causing it. The portal where the nerve exited the spinal column was inflamed and putting pressure on the nerve. He had to do an MRI to find it. Gave me a shot of cortisone and problem gone.