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What Do Pain And Tingling Sensation In The Hands Indicate?
I was walking yesterday with my son when all of a sudden I felt a pain in my hand. It felt like an electric shock. Never had that feeling before. I thought my son was screwing around and shocked me. I said to him What did you do. My hand felt strange after that. It was the weirdest thing. Any ideas
Fri, 16 Feb 2018
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The abnormal sensations may be due to abnormal nerve function of the nerves in the area. This is the most common cause for the symptoms described. It can be temporary or permanent. If it repeats, then a cause should be determined if possible, in some persons, the cause is not found. Causes include:
(1) Diabetes
(2) Trauma to the particular nerve either at the origin, in this case the neck or some where along its path.
(3) Low vitamin b12 or folate
(4) Liver or kidney disease
(5) Side-effects of medication
(6) Thyroid disease
(7) Abnormal levels of vitamin B6
(8) Infection such as shingles
You can consider monitoring for now unless it worsens or continues.
Hope this clarifies your concerns. Thank you for the query.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Michelle Gibson James, General & Family Physician
The abnormal sensations may be due to abnormal nerve function of the nerves in the area. This is the most common cause for the symptoms described. It can be temporary or permanent. If it repeats, then a cause should be determined if possible, in some persons, the cause is not found. Causes include:
(1) Diabetes
(2) Trauma to the particular nerve either at the origin, in this case the neck or some where along its path.
(3) Low vitamin b12 or folate
(4) Liver or kidney disease
(5) Side-effects of medication
(6) Thyroid disease
(7) Abnormal levels of vitamin B6
(8) Infection such as shingles
You can consider monitoring for now unless it worsens or continues.
Hope this clarifies your concerns. Thank you for the query.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Michelle Gibson James, General & Family Physician
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