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Suggest Treatment For Breathing Difficulties And Paralysed Shoulder

My husband s left shoulder has been paralyzed for about 1 year and a half. He has been experiencing breathing difficulties caused by the left diaphragm and arthritis in the neck is now causing him to be almost totaling staring at the ground with neck pain and weakness. In total are these symptoms related? No diagnosis as of yet.
Wed, 28 Nov 2018
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Hi,

Phenic nerve palsy can cause both these, shoulder paralysis and diaphragm pathologies. Phrenic nerve originates from cervical vertebra in neck. And it supplies shoulder joint and diaphragm. So any pathology of a cervical vertebra which is causing phrenic nerve damage can cause neck pain, shoulder paralysis and diaphragm pathologies.

So in my opinion, you should definitely get done MRI of cervical spine to identify phrenic nerve injury.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar,
Pulmonologist
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Suggest Treatment For Breathing Difficulties And Paralysed Shoulder

Hi, Phenic nerve palsy can cause both these, shoulder paralysis and diaphragm pathologies. Phrenic nerve originates from cervical vertebra in neck. And it supplies shoulder joint and diaphragm. So any pathology of a cervical vertebra which is causing phrenic nerve damage can cause neck pain, shoulder paralysis and diaphragm pathologies. So in my opinion, you should definitely get done MRI of cervical spine to identify phrenic nerve injury. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar, Pulmonologist