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What Causes Frequent Pins And Needles Sensation On The Left Arm?
Question: I am having pins and needles down left arm and it is occuring more often What should I do
Doesthis mean I may have a stroke
Doesthis mean I may have a stroke
Brief Answer:
more information needed
Detailed Answer:
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As I can understand that your main complaint is of tingling sensation radiating to your left arm.
we have possibility of following conditions like:
spine problems, injury to back, brachial plexus injury, vitamin deficiency, chronic inflammatory conditions of spine etc.
A more elaborate detail in terms of:
onset of pain, is it continuous or episodic, triggering factors, can help in having a better clinical picture.
Additionally we need to run few investigations such as:
MRI spine, vitamin b12 levels, ESR investigations, Blood hemogram, for finding the cause.
I would need to know if you have been on medications.
kindly revert back with detail information regarding above points.
more information needed
Detailed Answer:
welcome to HCM
As I can understand that your main complaint is of tingling sensation radiating to your left arm.
we have possibility of following conditions like:
spine problems, injury to back, brachial plexus injury, vitamin deficiency, chronic inflammatory conditions of spine etc.
A more elaborate detail in terms of:
onset of pain, is it continuous or episodic, triggering factors, can help in having a better clinical picture.
Additionally we need to run few investigations such as:
MRI spine, vitamin b12 levels, ESR investigations, Blood hemogram, for finding the cause.
I would need to know if you have been on medications.
kindly revert back with detail information regarding above points.
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