Suggest Treatment For Neck Pain And Numbness In Arm

Posted on Tue, 14 Jul 2015

Question: I have been diagnosed with bulging of C5-C6 and C6-C7 with and shift to the right. I have neck pain always. I have right arm radiculopathy. My right arm is hurting me and my right hand is very swollen especially the first and middle fingers and the knuckles of the hand. I have numbness and pain in both arms and trembling of the hands. I also have the numbness and pain in both legs going down to my feet and recently gait balance problems and urinary urgency. I believe that all of this is related to my neck. Can it be? I saw a neurologist of told me that my right hand problem was carpel tunnel. That doesn't explain anything else. He never even examined the hand or touched me. And I don't know why it would be constantly swollen. My primary thought that my right hand may be RA but the tests were negative. I was rear- ended in a car accident about three weeks ago and my symptoms are much worse since then - at least in my neck and right arm and hand. What type of a specialist should I be going to see and do you have any ideas of what may be going on? I am 47 female. I am a diabetic but pretty well controlled. My las t two A1c were 7.2 and 6.9.

Answered by Dr. Heera Lal Poonia (2 hours later)

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Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXX, welcome to HCM and thanks for choosing us.

I have gone through your question in detail . I share your concerns about your health. In my opinion you have some compression of spinal cord or nerves coming out from cord at different levels like neck as well as lower back. It could be due to the injury you had few weeks ago. It doesn't look like rheumatoid arthritis, as rheumatoid arthritis is generally a bilateral condition. It may be related to your diabetes too if you have diabetes for long time now.

You need to visit a team of experts like orthopaedician, neurosurgeon, physiotherapist for holistic care and better outcome. I would advise you to take treatment earliest to avoid suffering and avoiding more complications.

I hope my reply will help you. Please write to us for more information and follow up queries. I wish you good health and rapid recovery. Thanks

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