brachial plexus.......?

Question

does anyone else have it besides me?? My left arm is affected by it.....if that makes sense.....I just learned what it is....I'm 14......I accept how I am, but I just wanted to know if anyone else has it.....

Answer 1

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W W D - you too have been made an idiot by Wikipedia.
Please refrain from posting Wikimanure in the future.
Stingers and burners are neuro sports injusy having nothing to do with the illness being discussed.
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justbeingher - Has been made to look like an idiot by reading Wikipedia or Wiki derive Bull PooPoo. Sorry.
Wikipedia does not think many ilnesses exsist. Medical info (mis-information) from Wikipedia has caused the death of a number of people. As must as 90% of medical info on Wikipedia is out of date or wrong.
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The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that conducts signals from the spine to the shoulder, arm, and hand. Brachial plexus injuries are caused by damage to those nerves. Symptoms may include a limp or paralyzed arm, lack of muscle control in the arm, hand, or wrist, and lack of feeling or sensation in the arm or hand. Although injuries can occur at any time, many brachial plexus injuries happen during birth: the baby's shoulders may become impacted during the birth process causing the brachial plexus nerves to stretch or tear. There are four types of brachial plexus injuries: avulsion, the most severe type, in which the nerve is torn from the spine; rupture, in which the nerve is torn but not at the spinal attachment; neuroma, in which the nerve has tried to heal itself but scar tissue has grown around the injury, putting pressure on the injured nerve and preventing the nerve from conducting signals to the muscles; and neuropraxia or stretch, in which the nerve has been damaged but not torn. Neuropraxia is the most common type of brachial plexus injury.

Answer 2

I am suffering from brachial plexitis. It is manifested in me as numbness in thumb and forefinger, stiffness of forefinger, cold sensations down arm and occasional muscle spasms of arm. Going on for 11 months now with no change. It started with muscle spasms after first real exercise following completion of physical therapy for shoulder surgery. The cause is unknown. Neurontin at 4-6 hour intervals dampens the painful sensations in my arm considerably. The numbness affects my ability to play guitar and type a lot. Atrophy in the back and shoulder muscles has occurred because exercise is painful and blocked by the nerves. It's a real *****. Typically is starts to heal itself within 9 - 18 months. But not always.
Early on, doctors will need to distinguish between a "pinched nerve" in the neck and brachial plexitis. This usually involves shots of cortisone into the neck to isolate the problem. If that helps any, then the pinched nerve is indicated, otherwise brachial plexitis.
it's no fun, but usually not permanent. Good luck.

Answer 3

My husband right arm in affected by a brachial plexus nerve compression injury also. His affects the dorsal scapular nerve and the long thoracic nerve. How long have you had this injury? Can you use your arm? Talk to your doctors they may be able to help you.

Answer 4

Everybody has a brachial plexus bilaterally. Do you mean an injury? That can happen.

Answer 5

Pretty well everybody has a brachial plexus or two. I suppose you mean you have something wrong with yours. If misery loves company, you can check most any football game, from about mid-season on, and you'll probably see a linebacker who's suffered a "stinger" or "burner," as they're often called.

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