Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: What Can I Expect?

Studies suggest that carpal tunnel eventually involves both hands and tends to progress without surgery. 

Because untreated carpal tunnel syndrome can cause permanent nerve damage, it seems better to think of it more like high blood pressure or diabetes (an ongoing progressive condition) than strep throat (a condition that disappears with treatment). 

• Strep throat can be cured.  Take penicillin and the problem goes away. 
• Some of us with high blood pressure and diabetes need to take medications for the rest of our lives life to prevent accumulating damage to the body. 

You want to have surgery before you get constant numbness. 
Constant numbness may not go away after surgery.