My mother has numbness on the right side of her body- from the top of her head to the bottom of her feet?

Question

My mother went to the ER last weekend because she was dizzy and had numbness from the top of her head to the bottom of her foot. It is only on the right side and seems to go directly down the middle of her body. The left side has no sypmtoms. She still has full strength, but has the numbness. What could this be? She is waiting for blood work to come back and for insurance approval for an MRI, but her doctor has already said that she did not have a stroke and he said if it had been a pinched nerve, it would only affect from the nerve down, not the entire right side. He also said the only thing that he could come up with at that point was Lou Gherig's, but that usually has symptoms before an attack such as this. I am just looking to find out what it could possibly be. My mother is only 44 by the way, but she is overweight and not very active at all. Any other suggestions I could research would be appreciated.

Thank you.

Answer 1

That sounds like the beginning of a stroke or heart attack. My Mom
had the same thing a couple years back. No Doctor could come up with a reason until after the stroke. If I was you I would keep a real close eye on her. I was lucky enough to be there when Mom
collapsed. They told me she got help just in time.

Answer 2

You don’t have to get worried about it. It could be because there is not enough blood circulation due to perhaps disuse atrophy or perhaps due to the fact that part of your body was at rest for two or three hours. You can find good home remedies for this. I did find some at http://ailments.in/peripheralneuropathy.html

Answer 3

It could be a lot of things - the MRI and blood work will tell more.

Answer 4

Tumor?