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 ...

Numbness occurs as ongoing compression damages the nerve. As the condition progresses, the numbness may be constant. You experience changes in sensation along the median nerve and in the areas it ...

With age, these gel-like discs can also dry out, causing them to flatten. The loss of cartilage leads to narrowing of the space between vertebrae and nerve compression (known as radiculopathy). This ...

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2, 3 Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common clinical condition caused by median nerve compression inside the carpal canal. It is an inelastic fibro-osseous tunnel defined by the carpal bones and the ...

An entrapment point occurs in the course of a nerve where the anatomic configuration may cause constriction of the nerve, or, if trauma has occurred to the area, the particular anatomic ...