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NHS Inform says carpal tunnel syndrome can cause pain in the hands, sometimes the wrist or forearm, and that pain may occur further up the arm, sometimes to the shoulder.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“You may experience pain further up the arm, sometimes to the shoulder.”
Carpal tunnel syndrome (NHS inform patient leaflet), NHS Inform, Scotland (via NHS Scotland Right Decisions), n.d., Symptoms.
Open the original- What it measures
- The leaflet lists pain in the hands, sometimes the wrist or forearm, and pain up the arm as symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome. It does not mention the elbow as a site for carpal tunnel pain, and it does not say the elbow is spared.
- What it does not show
- Patient leaflet, so it describes typical symptoms and does not give frequencies. Pain up the arm is not specific to carpal tunnel and can come from the neck or the elbow.