Is Nerve Damage Is Not Progressive?
Question: End of May 2017 I was working at a nursing home in Las Cruces. (I have not been able to work the Roswell nursing homes because I was blacklisted for testifying against them in 1997.) We had to rent a place to live in Las Cruces to work the job. I was moved to a different hall and different pt. while still on orientation, I was under a lot of stress. My boss knew it been seven years since I worked as a nurse and had promise to be kind but it wasn’t happening. One night I went to the BR I had a H/A and felt stressed out. I happened to look in the mirror and the capillaries were bursting in my right eye. A few nights later I now had a new admit and other issues going on and I really felt overwhelmed. I had a H/A again. I went to the BR. and the capillaries in my left eye where breaking again. I had a tech take my BP and it was in the 170’s. I didn’t feel well and decided I had enough of this job. I didn’t need a stroke. The nurse orientating me took over and I left.
July 29, 2017 Bypass Surgery
BP ^ on meds but my BP soon got too low so stopped meds.
Feb. 2018 Chest feels like a thousand needles p0king it and itches. Healing process?
July 1, 2018, I have Phlebitis in my left leg, now.
July 12, 2018 Area over right eye feels like a bee stinging, bad, and is red. Both my eye lids are drooping.
Ears hurt. Right eye is blurry, maybe left too. Started July 5, Mild h/a. Feel pricking in other parts of my body.
Question: Is 8th nerve damage a progestive thing? Will it get worse over time?
July 29, 2017 Bypass Surgery
BP ^ on meds but my BP soon got too low so stopped meds.
Feb. 2018 Chest feels like a thousand needles p0king it and itches. Healing process?
July 1, 2018, I have Phlebitis in my left leg, now.
July 12, 2018 Area over right eye feels like a bee stinging, bad, and is red. Both my eye lids are drooping.
Ears hurt. Right eye is blurry, maybe left too. Started July 5, Mild h/a. Feel pricking in other parts of my body.
Question: Is 8th nerve damage a progestive thing? Will it get worse over time?
Brief Answer:
8th nerve damage is not progressive
Detailed Answer:
HI,
The feeling of paresthesia (needle poking sensation) over chest is suggestive of healing process of the nerves. If the symptoms are troublesome, pregabalin capsules can be taken.
Eyelid drooping (ptosis), if persistent, requires further evaluation. It can be due to 3rd nerve weakness or problem of neuro-muscular junction, as in myasthenia.
Blurry vision could be due to ocular motor nerve weakness of local problem in the eye.
The 8th nerve damage is usually not progressive, if the MRI brain is clear.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
8th nerve damage is not progressive
Detailed Answer:
HI,
The feeling of paresthesia (needle poking sensation) over chest is suggestive of healing process of the nerves. If the symptoms are troublesome, pregabalin capsules can be taken.
Eyelid drooping (ptosis), if persistent, requires further evaluation. It can be due to 3rd nerve weakness or problem of neuro-muscular junction, as in myasthenia.
Blurry vision could be due to ocular motor nerve weakness of local problem in the eye.
The 8th nerve damage is usually not progressive, if the MRI brain is clear.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
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Dr. Prasad
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Brief Answer:
Glad to know you are better.
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for getting back with more information.
I am glad to know that you are better after using new glasses.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
Glad to know you are better.
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for getting back with more information.
I am glad to know that you are better after using new glasses.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
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Dr. Remy Koshy