carpal tunnel syndrome
medical condition due to compression of the median nerve as it travels through the wrist at the carpal tunnel
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Summary
carpal tunnel syndrome is a rare disease[1]. It is a type of nerve compression syndrome[2] and computer-induced medical problem[3].
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[4]
- ICPC 2 ID: N93[5]
- Symptoms and signs: wrist pain[6]
- Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[7], Muʻjam al-muṣṭalaḥāt al-ṭibbīyah (Vol. 1)[8]
- ICD-9-CM: 354.0[9]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C34450[10]
- Health specialty: neurology[11], orthopedics[12]
- Genetic association: TTR[13], SH3TC2[14]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[15]
- Risk factor: ergonomic hazard[16]
- Handled, mitigated, or managed by: ergonomic keyboard[17]
- P14541: 2m9hFZ[18], 1y7KpC[19]