Woke up with severe "gone to sleep" pain and numbness in the left shoulder arm and hand, with weakness. It gradually spread to left neck and jaw, then radiated to the right neck, jaw , arm, and hand. Signs of right basal ganglia damage seen on MRI. My Dr thinks it was a small stroke, but this is only the upper extremities, neck and jaw. This was not a unilateral involvement. Could it have been a stroke? The weakness lasted only a hour or two, the pain comes and goes in shooting pain to the left shoulder to elbow and is still present after 8 days. almost all feeling has returned to left arm except for the index finger and half of the left thumb.
2006-07-12 19:30:58 · 3 answers · asked by jeep1 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I had an MRI of the brain, but not of the cervical spine that showed damage to the right basal ganglia, but undetermined as to whether it was recent or not. I WAS carrying some heavy baggage on my shoulder to and from airports.
2006-07-12 19:45:47 · update #1
You need to have an MRI; it's possible that it could be a pinched nerve in the neck. Also, you may want to see a chiropractor. I've suffered from numbness on my entire left side off and on for almost three years and since I started to see the chiropractor, I have sporadic episodes and only from hip to knee!
2006-07-12 19:37:29 · answer #1 · answered by Angie P. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-25 20:31:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need X-ray or MRI of the cervical spine. it sounds like a herniated disk.
2006-07-12 19:33:21 · answer #3 · answered by Eddie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋