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What Causes Numbness Radiating From The Neck To The Fingers?
I have numbness running from my neck all the way to my fingertips. MRI showed cervical flatness of discs and nerves are being pressed I can t r e member the diagnosis. I have a choice of temp fix of a shot or a surgical fusion. What is the shot ve vCard cause I am not going to have a fusion. What is this condition called so that I can research it.
It is called a cervical herniated disc. It gives pain like you have prescribed.
Cervical epidural steroid injection procedures are injections administered to relieve pain in the neck, shoulders and arms caused by a pinched nerve or inflamed nerve in the cervical spine.
The treatment usually is using medication in rare cases is surgery.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Blerina Pasho, General & Family Physician
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What Causes Numbness Radiating From The Neck To The Fingers?
Hello, It is called a cervical herniated disc. It gives pain like you have prescribed. Cervical epidural steroid injection procedures are injections administered to relieve pain in the neck, shoulders and arms caused by a pinched nerve or inflamed nerve in the cervical spine. The treatment usually is using medication in rare cases is surgery. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr. Blerina Pasho, General & Family Physician