I have been diagnosed with brachial neuritis and would like to know more about it?

Question

I am 24, what effect will it have on me? How rare is it etc

Answer 1

A syndrome associated with inflammation of the BRACHIAL PLEXUS. (Nerve bundle in the arm pit)

Clinical features include severe pain in the shoulder region which may be accompanied by MUSCLE WEAKNESS and loss of sensation in the upper extremity. This condition may be associated with VIRUS DISEASES; IMMUNIZATION; SURGERY; heroin use and other conditions. The term brachial neuralgia generally refers to pain associated with brachial plexus injury.

* Sudden onset of pain in shoulder
* Arm
* Neck or hand
* Weakness in arm and shoulder
* Difficulty moving arm and shoulder
* Pins and needles
* Numbness in arm
* Shoulder and hand
* Fatigue
* Malaise
* Headache
* Muscle aches and pains

Treatment includes analgesics and physical therapy, with resolution of symptoms usually occurring in three to four months. Patients with cervical radiculopathy present with simultaneous pain and neurologic deficits that fit a nerve root pattern. This differentiation is important to avoid unnecessary surgery for cervical spondylotic changes in a patient with a plexitis.

Answer 2

I'm sure the doctor's explanation is correct, but for your question, neuritis means nerve inflammation, and brachial indicates the area of the brachial plexes as described.