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Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Caused by Pregnancy Permanent?

By Chris Adams, About.com

Question: Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Caused by Pregnancy Permanent?
Answer: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome caused by pregnancy will most likely alleviate once your body returns to normal after child birth.

The swelling pregnant women experience that can lead to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome does go away. And like with any other repetitive stress injury, if you take the cause of the stress away and allow the body to heal then you won't have the problem anymore.

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