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14 Μαΐ 2024 · Treatment. Prevention. Nerve pain in the hands and fingers is the result of direct or indirect damage to the radial nerve, ulnar nerve, median nerve, or branchial plexus nerve root. There are three main causes of damage: Overuse injuries that place repetitive stress on joints and the nerves that pass through them.
Nerves run all over the body and can be injured, resulting in problems with sensation or movement. Figure 1. Some nerve injuries can be repaired by bringing the two ends of the nerve together and using small stitches to hold them together.
30 Μαρ 2024 · To repair a damaged nerve, a surgeon removes a small part of the sural nerve in the leg and implants this nerve at the site of the repair. Sometimes the surgeon can use another working nerve to make an injured nerve work, known as nerve transfer.
The type of surgery depends on the extent of nerve damage and the size of the gap between the severed nerve ends. Surgical options include: End-to-End Repair: The most ideal method, stitching the two ends of a severed nerve together if the gap is small.; Nerve Grafting: For larger gaps, a segment of nerve tissue from another part of the body is used to bridge the space.
The primary symptom of nerve damage in the hand is loss of sensation, which means that heat, cold, and pain are not felt in the hand as they would be in the rest of the body, which can lead to severe injuries such as burns. Nerve damage can also cause intense sensation and pain, know as neuralgia.
Peripheral neuropathy develops when nerves in the body's extremities, such as the hands, feet and arms, are damaged. The symptoms depend on which nerves are affected. In the UK it's estimated almost 1 in 10 people aged 55 or over are affected by peripheral neuropathy.
What is the treatment? What is the outcome after nerve repair? What are the complications of a nerve injury? Back to top What is a nerve? A nerve is like a telephone cable that provides services to a number of houses. There is an outer layer that protects the multiple thin inner cables (nerve fibres) that go to each house.
