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Suggest Remedies For Facial Numbness And Difficulty In Breathing
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I read your question carefully and I understand your concern as this seems to be a difficult case.
The symptoms you describe indicate that there was an involvement of the brainstem, given the diplopia, bilateral facial numbness, slurred speech, swallowing problems etc all indicate a brainstem involvement.
The differential diagnosis is really vast though. It includes stroke, infections (Lyme, tuberculosis, herpes, botulism etc), autoimmune conditions (connective tissue diseases, vasculitis, polyradiculoneuritis variants etc), malignant conditions (either by direct infiltration like lymphoma or paraneoplastic syndromes).
For that reason it is hard to express an opinion without having the reports, including the diagnostic tests which have been performed. Simply saying that an MRI and spinal tap were done is not sufficient as without knowing the imaging protocol used and what tests of the cerebrospinal fluid were done it is hard to confidently exclude diagnostic possibilities and restrict the list of possible diagnoses.
I remain at your disposal or further questions, but possibly with the reports.
Read below
Detailed Answer:
I read your question carefully and I understand your concern as this seems to be a difficult case.
The symptoms you describe indicate that there was an involvement of the brainstem, given the diplopia, bilateral facial numbness, slurred speech, swallowing problems etc all indicate a brainstem involvement.
The differential diagnosis is really vast though. It includes stroke, infections (Lyme, tuberculosis, herpes, botulism etc), autoimmune conditions (connective tissue diseases, vasculitis, polyradiculoneuritis variants etc), malignant conditions (either by direct infiltration like lymphoma or paraneoplastic syndromes).
For that reason it is hard to express an opinion without having the reports, including the diagnostic tests which have been performed. Simply saying that an MRI and spinal tap were done is not sufficient as without knowing the imaging protocol used and what tests of the cerebrospinal fluid were done it is hard to confidently exclude diagnostic possibilities and restrict the list of possible diagnoses.
I remain at your disposal or further questions, but possibly with the reports.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you so much,
I will F/U with you when I get the results.
I will F/U with you when I get the results.
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You're welcome.
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Looking forward to hearing from you again.
You're welcome.
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Looking forward to hearing from you again.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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