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What Causes Numbness And Tingling Sensation In The Body, Blurred Vision And Confusion?
Question: Hello, have a question about symptons my mother has experienced. She is 87 yrs old living at
home. She is generally healthy and has had no history of heart problems or kidney problems. About 10 days ago she found out her sister in Iowa passed, and become very upset. Soon afterword she experienced 8 symptons, all manifested in a short period of time. Her symptons are: 1. numbness and tingling in her left arm, could not even hold a fork to cut meat. 2. involuntary head tick (bobbing a little, up sideways etc) 3. blurred vision 4. confusion 5. clenching her eyes closed while talking to me as if having a dizzy spell. 6. nausea 7. joint pain 8. tired and weak.
home. She is generally healthy and has had no history of heart problems or kidney problems. About 10 days ago she found out her sister in Iowa passed, and become very upset. Soon afterword she experienced 8 symptons, all manifested in a short period of time. Her symptons are: 1. numbness and tingling in her left arm, could not even hold a fork to cut meat. 2. involuntary head tick (bobbing a little, up sideways etc) 3. blurred vision 4. confusion 5. clenching her eyes closed while talking to me as if having a dizzy spell. 6. nausea 7. joint pain 8. tired and weak.
Brief Answer:
It could be the grief section
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
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I read your query and understand your concerns.
My first differential diagnosis for her current condition is grief reaction. Almost all symptoms mentioned over here can be explained by the severe grief reaction. I must acknowledge that some of the elderly individuals exhibit very different set of stress symptoms and it is possible that getting news about her sister lead to sudden onset of all these problems.
The second possibility is depression but it is too early to diagnose as most individuals slowly recover from grief reaction and do not lead to development of clinical depression.
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It could be the grief section
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for using Healthcaremagic.
I read your query and understand your concerns.
My first differential diagnosis for her current condition is grief reaction. Almost all symptoms mentioned over here can be explained by the severe grief reaction. I must acknowledge that some of the elderly individuals exhibit very different set of stress symptoms and it is possible that getting news about her sister lead to sudden onset of all these problems.
The second possibility is depression but it is too early to diagnose as most individuals slowly recover from grief reaction and do not lead to development of clinical depression.
I hope this assists you.
If you have more questions I will be glad to assist you further.
If you do not have more questions, please close the discussion and if possible rate the answer for my future patients.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-ashok-kumar/67386
Thanks and regards.
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