Steroids. CTS is clearly a steroid responsive condition. Randomised controlled trials have repeatedly shown short term benefit from injection of steroids into the area of the carpal tunnel (Dammers 1999) and improvement has also been shown after a short course of oral steroids (Chang 1998) .
In American society, the term welfare arguably has negative connotations. The term Social Security, in the United States, refers to a specific social insurance program for the retired and the disabled.
Census data shows that approximately 1 in 5 Americans live with a disability, or a total of about 57 million people. Among them, roughly 8.9 million disabled workers received $10 billion in 2013 through the Social Security Administrationâs disability benefits program. But while monthly SSA benefits are an indispensable lifeline for millions of disabled Americans, qualifying to receive aid can be a challenge.