Brief Answer: problem is the cervical spine and not the arm Detailed Answer: Hi, Thanks for writing to XXXXXXX This is Dr. Ashish Verma, a general surgeon, answering to your query. I dont think that the problem is at at arm...mostly its his cervical spine that has one. I think during his accident at school he had injured this cervical spine which is now causing compression over a nerve supplying the arm... He may needed a CT or MRI of the neck to know exactly where is the compression... Further management will depend upon the report...till then you can give him analgesics... And if you are thinking that its over half an year ago...and why now....so i can tell you that these spine and nerve injuries can present even years later...sometimes fracture heal in wrong way and cause compression or sometimes even the healing callus can cause compression... so a proper evaluation becomes necessary... Hope, that i have answered to all your queries. If you have further queries, i will be glad to answer them.

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Brief Answer: yes...you should Detailed Answer: Hi, Analgesics are also called as pain killers in common language... and i think that you are already giving him those...coz he is complaining of stomach pain. These pain killers cause gastritis... acidity.....which he is having now...so start him on antacids of newer type like pantaprazole... its available over the counter.... Now back to your main query....yes you need to get an mri...its better than ct to detect nerve compression...as i think that the dizziness he is having could be related to it...this makes it a bit urgent too...and now you need to consult a neuro specialist for all this...he is a better person for this... Regards, Dr. Ashish Verma

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