{"product_id":"carpal-tunnel-the-mini-neurology-series-volume-2-ebook","title":"Carpal Tunnel-The Mini Neurology Series Volume 2 (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a leading cause of health and fitness disability and is found in 10% of Americans. It is a common disease of the peripheral nervous system and a median nerve entrapment wherein the main sensory nerve to the hand, the Median Nerve, is compressed and irritated at the wrist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCTS is found in women three times more often than in men. Many persons who get this medical neurology problem have a smaller carpal tunnel than normal and this anatomic constriction leads to symptoms. Common initial symptoms are numbness, \"pins and needles\", tingling, a dead sensation, and a lack of feeling which is usually in the fingers and hand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLater there may be weakness of the hand, swelling, and atrophy, or wasting of the base of the thumb. Work up includes a neurologic exam and sometimes a cervical MRI scan to rule out a herniated disc. The gold standard test is electromyography which consists of two parts: nerve conduction studies, and insertion of a small needle in the arm and hand muscles, called the needle exam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTreatment options are rest of the hand, neutral splinting at night and during the day, 1 or 2 cortisone injections separated by a month or so, and for some patients—surgery, which is usually successful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing up with brevity and wit the great success of Volume 1 of the new Mini Neurology Series, on migraine, Volume 2 on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome reviews the key medical features and therapy—pregnancy, surgery, electromyography, and ultrasound—of the weak, the swollen hands of the world...from carpal tunnel syndrome.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Britt Talley Daniel demo store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48544012599583,"sku":"MINI CTS AUDIOGRAM","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/2980\/1503\/files\/ImageMinivolume2carpaltunnel.jpg?v=1714695343","url":"https:\/\/britttalleydaniel.com\/de\/products\/carpal-tunnel-the-mini-neurology-series-volume-2-ebook","provider":"Britt Talley Daniel demo store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}