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What Causes Imbalance With Leg And Arm Pains?

I am a 60 year old female, 5'9", 238lbs. They say the part of my brain that controls my balence is shrinking. My balence is bad and my right leg and arm hurts when I stand and walk, when I'm sitting I have no pain, for the last 3 days I am very shakey on the inside and out. What is causeing this? I also have low throid and on meds for this.
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Nancy
Fri, 19 Sep 2014
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I can't say for sure from your given information why you feel the symptoms that you do.

They could be occurring for a number of reasons, still as yet fully compensated thyroid function, nervousness/anxiety, caffeine or other drug/medication/alcohol withdrawal or abstinence, or some other medical condition for which laboratory testing ordered by a physician may reveal something.

However, I can tell you that I am nearly certain your symptoms ARE NOT due to the part of the brain you've been told is shrinking. They are referring to the cerebellum (that part of your brain where the 2 grapefruits are hanging off the end in back?). It may appear on a scan of some sort to be smaller in size or volume than what would be considered optimal. However, unless you've had a previous scan there's almost no way to know for sure if in fact, it IS SHRINKING since there is no comparator film. So, your cerebellum is the least likely suspect in this case.

If you would care to address further questions DIRECTLY TO MY ATTENTION for consideration you may find me at:

http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-dariush-saghafi/68474

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What Causes Imbalance With Leg And Arm Pains?

I can t say for sure from your given information why you feel the symptoms that you do. They could be occurring for a number of reasons, still as yet fully compensated thyroid function, nervousness/anxiety, caffeine or other drug/medication/alcohol withdrawal or abstinence, or some other medical condition for which laboratory testing ordered by a physician may reveal something. However, I can tell you that I am nearly certain your symptoms ARE NOT due to the part of the brain you ve been told is shrinking. They are referring to the cerebellum (that part of your brain where the 2 grapefruits are hanging off the end in back?). It may appear on a scan of some sort to be smaller in size or volume than what would be considered optimal. However, unless you ve had a previous scan there s almost no way to know for sure if in fact, it IS SHRINKING since there is no comparator film. So, your cerebellum is the least likely suspect in this case. If you would care to address further questions DIRECTLY TO MY ATTENTION for consideration you may find me at: http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-dariush-saghafi/68474 Would you be kind enough to leave a little feedback on the response I ve given you as well as a star rating if you feel the information has helped you understand your question a bit more?