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What Causes Numbness In Left Arm?

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Posted on Fri, 24 Apr 2015
Question: awakening with a numb feeling in my left arm I am 92 years old and otherwise beside an operated Glaucoma
in god health
so far not high blood pressure, no hearth desease, good lung function
arthritis in fingers and hand
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Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (51 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Keep under observation.

Detailed Answer:
Hi Lskastein,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.

If you would have presented to me as an outpatient,
I would have told you that please observe for a couple of hours and if the numbness in your hand still persists,please get yourself examined by a physician.
If it is a transient nerve compression,it should improve after sometime with change of position of limb.However,if it is a nerve palsy,the symptoms will persist.

If the symptoms persist,you may have to undergo nerve conduction studies.

Hope I have answered your query.If you have some follow-up questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread-rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me.

Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
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What Causes Numbness In Left Arm?

Brief Answer: Keep under observation. Detailed Answer: Hi Lskastein, Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com. I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query. If you would have presented to me as an outpatient, I would have told you that please observe for a couple of hours and if the numbness in your hand still persists,please get yourself examined by a physician. If it is a transient nerve compression,it should improve after sometime with change of position of limb.However,if it is a nerve palsy,the symptoms will persist. If the symptoms persist,you may have to undergo nerve conduction studies. Hope I have answered your query.If you have some follow-up questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread-rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me. Dr.Ajay Panwar, MD,DM(Neurology)