People with diabetes are at higher risk of nerve compression. People with thyroid disease are at higher risk of carpal tunnel syndrome. Inflammation caused by rheumatoid arthritis can compress nerves, especially in your joints. Bone spurs can stiffen the spine as well as narrow the space where your nerves travel, pinching nerves. Trauma or a condition that causes bone thickening, such as osteoarthritis, can cause bone spurs. Women are more likely to develop carpal tunnel syndrome, possibly due to having smaller carpal tunnels. The following factors may increase your risk of experiencing a pinched nerve: However, if the pressure continues, chronic pain and permanent nerve damage can occur. Once the pressure is relieved, nerve function returns to normal. If a nerve is pinched for only a short time, there's usually no permanent damage. In the case of carpal tunnel syndrome, a variety of tissues may be responsible for compression of the carpal tunnel's median nerve, including swollen tendon sheaths within the tunnel, enlarged bone that narrows the tunnel, or a thickened and degenerated ligament.Ī number of conditions may cause tissue to compress a nerve or nerves, including: In other cases, muscle or tendons may cause the condition. In some cases, this tissue might be bone or cartilage, such as in the case of a herniated spinal disk that compresses a nerve root. A pinched median nerve in your wrist can lead to pain, numbness and weakness in your hand and fingers (carpal tunnel syndrome).Ī pinched nerve occurs when too much pressure (compression) is applied to a nerve by surrounding tissues.
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