Pain in the back of the neck and numbness in left arm. Thank you.
2007-02-12 14:56:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
It is my father-in-law he is 60 years old. He has diabetes and is a chain smoker. Family history in his side of the family and on his wife's side is: heart attacks, and cancerous brain tumors
2007-02-12 16:11:16 · update #1
Don't be so quick to dismiss neck pain associated with numbness as simple nerve pain. The next question is, how old are you, are you male or female, and do you have other medical conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, coronary problems of any kind, or a history in your close family. Oftentimes, women are noted to dismiss cardiac symptoms as simple nerve or muscle pain, when in reality, it could be cardiac in nature. Hopefully, it is simply nerve pain that can be easily resolved with a trip to the chiropractor. If you aren't so sure, please follow up with your physician. I have treated women in their forties who complained of no other symptom then "aching elbows" and they were having full blown heart attacks. It is one of my soapboxes to educate women about the silent symptoms that they tend to experience during a cardiac episode.
Good luck...God bless!
2007-02-12 15:49:06 · answer #1 · answered by Kimberly T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muscles that are tight cause added pressure on nerves which may be the reason for your pain. There is a book called The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies that fully explains how to get rid of the pain yourself (or with help). It deals with muscles pain and referred pain.
2007-02-12 23:05:15 · answer #2 · answered by Keko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the C5, C6 vertebrae that has been injured causing something to touch the nerve coming out through that vertebrae.
If you rest it, it may fix, if you know what caused it and keep doing that, you can permenantly damage your nerves goingto and controlling the muscles in your arm and shoulder.
2007-02-12 23:02:00 · answer #3 · answered by Father Ted 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is nothing to fool around with. With his history, he needs to go directly to the emergency room and get checked out. I am thinking some kind of heart problem. Please don't let him ignore this. Heart attacks have taken some mighty fine people from families that need them and love them.
2007-02-13 02:37:07 · answer #4 · answered by MARCY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like his cervical spine is either being impinged on by the neck bones, or he has a slipped disk, or a bursting disk, he should go and get an x ray, it can be extremly painful
good luck
2007-02-13 02:20:08 · answer #5 · answered by bud88cynthia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pinch nerve
2007-02-12 22:59:00 · answer #6 · answered by glamour04111 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋