Carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms usually start gradually and include:   Tingling or numbness. You may notice tingling and numbness in the fingers or hand. Usually the thumb and index, middle or ring fingers are affected, but not the little finger. You might feel a sensation like an electric shock in these fingers. The sensation may travel from the wrist up the arm. These symptoms often occur while holding a steering wheel, phone or newspaper, or may wake you from sleep. Many people "shake out" their hands to try to relieve their symptoms. The numb feeling may become constant over time.  Weakness. You may experience weakness in the hand and drop objects. This may be due to the numbness in the hand or weakness of the thumb's pinching muscles, which are also controlled by the median nerve. 
carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms start gradually include:   tingling numbness  may notice tingling numbness fingers hand  thumb index  middle ring fingers affected  little finger  feel sensation like electric shock fingers  sensation may travel wrist arm  symptoms occur holding steering wheel  phone newspaper  may wake sleep  people "shake out" hands try relieve symptoms  numb feeling may constant time   weakness  may experience weakness hand drop objects  may due numbness hand weakness thumb's pinching muscles  controlled median nerve
carpal tunnel syndrome