Neck Pain And Facial Tingling/numbness Posted: 03-16-06 07:33am
I have had this numb like feeling on the
right side of my head and arm for over a
month now. After the numbness subsided I
got alot of pressure on the right side of
my head and especially under my eye. I
was lying in bed one night and I heard
this crackling sound at the base of my
head and this warm sensation went up to my
forhead. Now my neck/spine hurts. If
I move my head a certain way it shoots a
pain up my neck into my head. At times I
have trouble swallowing. Sometimes there
is a burning sensation on different parts
of my face, my feet and hands tingle. I
wake up sometimes and my arms and head
feel like they are asleep. My feet and
hands feel like they are asleep quite
often, I have been to the er a couple of
times and they couldn't find anything
wrong with me. They did a catscan and
nothing showed up. I had an mri done last
week and the results were: c 4-5 disc
protrusion with questionable bony
degenerative change with mild right side
foraminal encroachment. C 6-7 broad disc
bulge and degenerative end plate to the
left of midline with leftsided foraminal
emcroachment. My physician said it
boiled down to me having advanced
arthritis in my spine. The nuerologist
that I saw yesterday said it wasent that
bad. He couldn't explain some of the
symptoms I am having especially with the
face stuff I got going on. Does anyone
ahve any comments on this? I hate to
think I have to live with this. My
physician gave me samples of lyrica to try
, its been over a week now and the only
difference I feel is that my head dosent
hurt as often. Jenny
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arunlnaik
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Nagging Neck Pain Posted: 03-17-06 12:25pm
Hi
you have mild cervical spondylosis. It
means that your spine joints have
something like 'arthritis' (like in knee).
You dont need surgery at this stage. You
can wear cervical collar at traveling,
gardening etc to restrict your neck
movements. You need to do regular neck
exercises so that your spine joints are in
good shape. Also most importantly you
need to change your lifestyle a lot so
that you dont misuse your spine, 'cause if
that condition worsens,you may land up
with surgeons knife!
For good postures visit my blog. Feel
free to communicate. Cheers
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Posted: 03-18-06 09:31am
Hi arunlnaik ~
I just wanted to tell you the link to
your blog is not working. :wink:
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jenwms04
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Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 3
Posted: 03-23-06 09:23am
Hi arunlnaik
I tried to get to your blog,
it is not working. I spoke to someone at
uva, they said that the disc that are
messed up should in no way shape or form
be causing my head/face to be numb and
tingling. Its got me wondering if there
is something else going on. But if I push
onmy neck in a certain spot it sends the
pain up through my head, or if I move my
head a certain way I feel it go up through
my head. I seems like it has to be
connected somehow. Any thoughts?
Jenny
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backfixer
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Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Posts: 20 Location: north brunswick, nj
Fascial Pain Posted: 03-28-06 10:07am
Sounds like a tm joint problem. See a
chiropractor who knows how to work with
this. I just had a similar type of
patient in the office. The problem is
resolving with chiropractic adjustments
and myofascial treatment using graston
technique
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roystc
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Wales
Neck Pain Posted: 08-17-07 18:46pm
I had severe neck pain numbness in my hand
arm wasting away and seen various
consultants with wild ideas of what was
wrong even viral infections. I was in that
much pain and on so many serious pain
killers I travelled to London and was
diagnosed in less than 60 seconds put in
hospital operated next day and was pain
free;-) Try Mr Sanj Bassi he was the only
one that knew what was wrong the others
did not have a clue. And pain free is just
great, might not solve your problem but
guarentee he'll tell ya whats wrong.
