nanciks

I need help. I was diagnosed with mild carpul tunnel in my right hand two years ago by the nerve conduction test. I wear a splint at night and that has kept it under control until now. Now it is both hands. There is numbness, tingling and worst of all, extreme pain that starts between my elbow and shoulder and goes down to the fingers. It feels like someone is squeezing that upper area as tight as they can and my arm throbs all the way down. It is extremely painful and sleeping is out of the question. I went to a workmen's comp dr two days ago. He thinks it is tendonitis and not carpul because of the pain. Says carpul tunnel doesn't normally have pain unless its very advanced. But this is the same pain and numbness I had two years ago when I was told I did have CT. I am on pain medication and anti-inflamatory meds, braces on both arms and off work for two weeks and then I go back to see him. The pain meds are not even touching the pain. I have a call into the DR but haven't heard back yet. I'm leary of him because he isn't my dr, but worker's comp. Although, he does say he's not ruling out CT. So my questions, does this sound like carpul tunnel? Is there pain associated with that? I've had the right arm problems for 2-3 years but the left arm is new and got painful very quickly, within a few days of initial numbness. Thanks for any help you can give me.

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