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Have Headache And Left Arm Is Tingly With Red Spots. Reason?
Today feb. Sat. 2013 I woke up w/a slight headacke on my left side of head in one spot, then I Got up ate cearal head still hurting in one spot then starting feeling like a big headacke then a couple mins later My left arm all of a sudden started to get a tingly like crazy all the way to my head and neck A lil bit of my left side of upper back then red spots appeared on my whole left arm Then my left arm started to feel heavy then I layed down cause of the wierdness as I m asking What s going on w/my left side of head whole arm and upper left side of back my arm is still Tinglying I m geting a lil worried about it it doesn t feel right with this pressure I m feeling either Feel like someone is puting presurre on my left . Layed down
Thu, 28 Feb 2013
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
It is difficult to come to a definite diagnosis without clinical examination.
However, the likely possibilities could be a brain stroke or cervical disc disease.
In brain stroke, the blood supply to a part of brain reduces, resulting into heaviness, numbness or weakness of arm or leg.
In cervical disc disease, the nerves emerging from the neck region, which travels to arms, gets compressed due to the bulging of discs in the neck region. This can cause pain, tingling, numbness and weakness of the arm.
I suggest you to consult a neurologist for a definite diagnosis.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Thank you for posting your query.
It is difficult to come to a definite diagnosis without clinical examination.
However, the likely possibilities could be a brain stroke or cervical disc disease.
In brain stroke, the blood supply to a part of brain reduces, resulting into heaviness, numbness or weakness of arm or leg.
In cervical disc disease, the nerves emerging from the neck region, which travels to arms, gets compressed due to the bulging of discs in the neck region. This can cause pain, tingling, numbness and weakness of the arm.
I suggest you to consult a neurologist for a definite diagnosis.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
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