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When is it going to get better? Edit
If the nerve is fine and the insulation is just damaged, the symptoms can clear up in as few as 3 weeks. If the nerve itself is bruised, then the nerve from that point on tends to die off and has to regrow. Nerves grow at about a millimeter a day (or about an inch per month). So if the weird or numb sensation goes all the way from your wrist to the tip of your thumb, it could be 4 or 5 months (4 or 5 inches) before the nerve grows all the way back and normal sensation is restored. Typically it takes between 2 to 3 months, but can take as long as 3 years. The "prognosis" for return of normal sensation oft quoted in the medical literature is "1-12 months."[10]
If the nerve is fine and the insulation is just damaged, the symptoms can clear up in as few as 3 weeks. If the nerve itself is bruised, then the nerve from that point on tends to die off and has to regrow. Nerves grow at about a millimeter a day (or about an inch per month). So if the weird or numb sensation goes all the way from your wrist to the tip of your thumb, it could be 4 or 5 months (4 or 5 inches) before the nerve grows all the way back and normal sensation is restored. Typically it takes between 2 to 3 months, but can take as long as 3 years. The "prognosis" for return of normal sensation oft quoted in the medical literature is "1-12 months."[10]
