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Learn about cataracts, risk factors, how this cloudiness of the eye occurs, and how Lehigh Valley Health Network eye care professionals can help.

The carpal tunnel is a small passageway approximately the size of the thumb located on the palm side of the wrist.
This is where the median nerve and tendons pass from the forearm into the hand. Swelling in this space puts pressure on the nerve and causes carpal tunnel syndrome.