Back pain with numbness and tingling Posted: 01-28-07 08:28am
Back pain and neck pain with numbness and
tingling in right arm and tightness own
cest comes and goes have been last a
week
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Back Pain Answer A2255 Posted: 02-05-07 06:13am
Given the symptoms, (back pain, neck pain,
numbness and tingling in right arm) you
might be experiencing a kind of
compressive neuropathy of the spinal
nerves that innervate the back, neck and
arms. The spinal nerves are the nerves
that come from the cervical and thoracic
region of the vertebral column.
Compression is usually caused by
spondylotic changes of the spine
(osteophytes of intervertebral disk’s
protrusions) that create pressure on the
spinal nerves’ roots. You can visit your
primary health provider and request an
X-ray image of the vertebral column to
confirm or exclude spondylosis.
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