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What Causes Persistent Numbness And Tingling Sensation In Left Side?
hello there. I want to seek for consultation. i am 26 y/o female. experiencing left sided numbness and tingling for more than a month, for almost on a daily basis. sometimes i experience it together with dizziness, light headedness, left sided throbbing headache, nausea, minimal shortness of breath and blurring of vision but not all the at and not all at once. i tried to seek medical consultation. did laboratory tests, completed spine xray, and ct scan but all of them turned out to be normal. i don t what to do know since this sensations are bothering me a lot most especially during work. i hope you can give some advise.
Wed, 4 Dec 2019
Hello,
You have taken expert consultation already. Every test associate with your symptoms came back normal and therefore there is nothing to worry physically or organically about those. But further the symptoms can only be due to anxiety and depression. Initial numbness could have made you some what anxious about your health condition, which further deteriorated as the days passed and your worries intensified. This anxiety could have been converted into depression and further psycho-somatic symptoms. You could be feeling those psycho-somatic symptoms. Even though psychiatric diagnosis is required, I suggest you to stop worrying because worrying worsens the condition.
Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. K. V. Anand, Psychologist
You have taken expert consultation already. Every test associate with your symptoms came back normal and therefore there is nothing to worry physically or organically about those. But further the symptoms can only be due to anxiety and depression. Initial numbness could have made you some what anxious about your health condition, which further deteriorated as the days passed and your worries intensified. This anxiety could have been converted into depression and further psycho-somatic symptoms. You could be feeling those psycho-somatic symptoms. Even though psychiatric diagnosis is required, I suggest you to stop worrying because worrying worsens the condition.
Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. K. V. Anand, Psychologist
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