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Causes Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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Dr. William Shiel, Chief Medical Editor of Medicinenet.com, discusses Causes Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Listen now to Dr. William Shiel discuss Causes of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (MP3 1:59min 947KB)

The following is a partial transcript taken from this audio broadcast:

A MedicineNet viewer asks: Dr. Shiel, can carpal tunnel syndrome be caused from typing on my keyboard all day? Well, the answer to that would be 'yes'. Carpal tunnel syndrome is an irritation of a nerve that passes through the wrist...

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Read Dr. Shiel's article on Carpal Tunnel: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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