Hiya
A couple of months ago both my hands swelled up with awful pain.. I ended up in A & E where I was told that it sounded like Carpel Tunnel I couldn't think why I would have this condition but the pain was terrible I couldn't use or bend my fingers... I saw a GP at my practice who came up with the same diagnosis & I had bloods done which all came back normal apart from my platelets were slightly risen as she put it at 460 but she said that the platelets had no significance with my hands but advised a referral about my hands.
I was worried sick & went back to see my usual Gp that's fantastic he didn't feel that I had Carpels & felt that I had a viral infection that caused my hands to swell & tingle I had the symptoms of it but he reassured me that my hands would go back to normal with time.. They did get better although I was left with slight numbness & tingling on the tips of my fore finger & middle finger which now I'm pleased to say has gone..
However I'm concerned that a virus could have caused these symptoms in my hands as I didn't feel ill atall I've never experienced anything like it and I was convinced it was Carpel Tunnel with all the pain & tingling also is 460 a worrying platelet count should I have another blood test?
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carmen66 · 11/04/2013 08:45
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