Just finished with a neurologist. He did the cattle prod and Chinese wire torture tests (the usual EMG stuff) and found enough deficit to justify an MRI of my head and neck. The verdict: There's a slight constriction of one nerve channel, but it's not enough to cause my symptoms.
I had surgery on my right elbow and wrist nearly twenty years ago, to relieve impact-related neuropathies. This is different. I can lean my head back and cause the numbness to get worse. I do have arthritis in my spine, but it supposedly isn't bad enough to cause this, either.
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Re: Numb hands
Date: 2010-09-19 03:49 pm (UTC)Just finished with a neurologist. He did the cattle prod and Chinese wire torture tests (the usual EMG stuff) and found enough deficit to justify an MRI of my head and neck. The verdict: There's a slight constriction of one nerve channel, but it's not enough to cause my symptoms.
I had surgery on my right elbow and wrist nearly twenty years ago, to relieve impact-related neuropathies. This is different. I can lean my head back and cause the numbness to get worse. I do have arthritis in my spine, but it supposedly isn't bad enough to cause this, either.