Tag: Nerve compression

A rare but serious complication of anticoagulant therapy is bleeding into tissues, which can lead to nerve compression and resulting neuropathy. Although **blood thinners affect nerves** only indirectly, understanding this mechanism is crucial for patients and healthcare providers.

Nerve entrapment syndromes, like carpal tunnel syndrome, affect a significant portion of the population, causing chronic pain, numbness, and tingling. While gabapentin is a common medication for various types of nerve pain, its efficacy for the specific physical compression of nerve entrapment has important limitations to understand.