The tingling, numbness, and pain of peripheral neuropathy generally stem from nerve damage in your hands and feet. The nerve damage—and the symptoms—generally start in your longest nerves, which is ...

A pinched nerve is exactly what it sounds like. A nerve is being pressured by surrounding tissue and thus, loses some circulation. This pressure can be caused by the surrounding muscles, cartilage, or ...

“That causes compression on the median nerve and potentially nerve damage if left untreated. This is what we call carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).” Carpal tunnel syndrome can happen to anyone, and the ...

Optic neuritis (ON) is an inflammation that damages your optic nerve. It can cause vision loss and pain when you move your eyes. As the inflammation goes away, your symptoms usually get better.

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...

Early treatment helps you avoid surgery and prevents permanent nerve damage. Carpal tunnel develops when repetitive activities or an existing medical condition cause inflammation in the tendons and/or ...

1 Common signs include paresthesia, pain, and weakness in the median nerve distribution of the hand. Symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome develop owing to excess pressure on the median nerve as it ...

Median salaries for teachers in New Jersey range from a high of $119,285 in a Bergen County district to a low of $50,235 in one Cumberland County charter school, data from the state Department of ...

However, the median nerve can be involved in this neuropathy in proximal segments and, sometimes, with an asymmetric impairment of the digital branches. Objective To detail the pattern of median nerve ...

Nerve pain refers to painful sensations around the nerves. Various treatment options are available, including anticonvulsants, certain antidepressants, mild opioids, and some topical treatments ...

There are four commonly diagnosed hand and wrist conditions: Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the palm, becomes compressed as it passes through the ...