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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:04:26 PM EDT
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Same thing happened to me .......... I thought it was something like carpel tunnel syndrome.
Been like that for over a couple months now ??? TAGGED. |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:06:30 PM EDT
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I'll bet it's a piched nerve in your neck.
YES that can affect the hand/fingers. Find a Chiropractor. |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:06:44 PM EDT
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Hows your neck feel?
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:07:29 PM EDT
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It sounds as if you caused further irritation by "working out."
Seek a doctor's opinion - I'm merely a paramedic. |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:08:27 PM EDT
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This is a doctor, arowneragian. |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:15:50 PM EDT
[#6]
+1 one on the neck.
MT |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:16:20 PM EDT
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Neck feels fine......
It just occured to me that this is EXACTLY what it feels like when you hit your 'funny bone'. |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:18:10 PM EDT
[#8]
Same thing happened to me once, pinched a nerve sleeping. Took a week before it was normal again.
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:19:23 PM EDT
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That sensation is elicited from the ulnar nerve. You been leaning on your elbow alot while posting and such?? |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:25:16 PM EDT
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AR,
It is called "Saturday Night palsy". It's a mild compression of one of the nerves leading to the hand and fingers. It is temporary and will go away in a few days. It got it's name from people who go out and binge on Sat night, then pass out and wind up laying on one of their arms for an extended period. It is very common. Don't worry, you'll be ok. I am in graduate school getting my masters in Occupational Therapy. This is one of the syptoms of nerve compression - numbness and tingling. Take care, bdog60 |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:26:25 PM EDT
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Actually, no. I had kinda thought of that, but I rarely lean on my elbows. Think this'll work out in a day or two? Any excercises to speed up the process? |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:31:04 PM EDT
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Possible thoracic outlet syndrome. Try stretchingyour arms back like you are walking into a corner, infact try putting your arms out and SLOWLY leaning into the corner remember to keep your arms lower than 90 degrees. whats happening is the nerves are compressed slightly and you need to create a little space. Just a thought. Later.
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:31:43 PM EDT
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Saturday night palsy.....How did I manage to miss out on that all the years I drank (to excess) and now I get it when taking a 30-minute power-nap?
 Oh well, as long as it'll go away......I was mainly concerned whether it was a sign of a mild stoke/aneurysm/heart attack. Thanks for the info, guys. |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:32:26 PM EDT
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Slap ice to the "hot" spot on your elbow.
Leave ice on for NO MORE than 15 min. After ice, raise hand above head for as long as you can stand, 5-10 min. Then down to you side for the same ammont of time. Reduce the ammount of gripping that you do as much as possible with that hand. The phone is right next to me, also! 
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:33:42 PM EDT
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That is entrapment of the radial nerve. It presents with weakness of the wrist and finger extensors and numbness in the webbing between the thumb and index finger. |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:37:14 PM EDT
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C-4, correct. This is a C6 sensory dermatomal problem. Digits 4-5. Ulnar nerve. |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:38:41 PM EDT
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Your neck doesn't have to hurt to have a nerve pinched.
MT |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:40:01 PM EDT
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+1 You likely compressed the ulnar nerve. It supplies almost all of the intrinsic muscles of the hand except for those that control the thumb. It also supplies sensation to the little finger and half your ring finger. There isn't much you can do other than giving it time. It can take days to weeks or longer for it to get back to normal. From what you describe it should get better rather quickly, a few days at the most. A brain stroke doesn't look like what you are describing. You can have a stroke of the nerve itself but that is very rare and occurs almost exclusively in diabetics. |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 5:42:17 PM EDT
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That is correct. But with accute onset such as this, that is a common complaint also. |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 6:03:29 PM EDT
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No joke , 4 hours ago I asked my mother in law the same question. Mine has been feeling that way for 3 days now. Then I just now read your post. weird huh?
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Posted: 9/18/2004 6:07:04 PM EDT
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You can have a stroke of the nerve itself but that is very rare and occurs almost exclusively in diabetics
Can you expound on this for me ??? As I said I have had this problem for a couple months. |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 6:24:46 PM EDT
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In people with vascular disease risk factors, such as high cholesterol, smoking, high blood pressure, and diabetes, blood vessels develop atherosclerotic narrowing. Sometimes the narrowed blood vessels that feed peripheral nerves can acutely clot and cause strokes of the nerve itself. It is rare and 95%+ of these people are diabetics. The hallmark of acute nerve infarction is severe pain in the distribution of the nerve. If you just fall asleep on the nerve, it usually doesn't involve more than a mild to moderate amount of pain along with the tingling, numbness and weakness. The other 5% of patients with nerve infarctions have unusual inflammatory illnesses such as lupus. |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 6:29:52 PM EDT
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Thanks
scratch that No pain just woke up one day and the two fingers next to the thumb were "asleep" loss of sensation . Have been like that for a couple months. I do have a bad habit of sleeping on my arm/hand with it how do I describe this , folded under me , as in a come along hold position. That is why I thought carpel tunnel syndrome ??? |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 6:30:08 PM EDT
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 ..........................Despite everyone's ostensibly best intentiopns, the Internet is a LOUSY place to get medical advice. Go call your doctor Mon. AM. Or call his answering service now (they are on 24hr call- if not him, then another one is) and go see a doctor in person. That's the only way you will be sure. |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 6:39:10 PM EDT
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The internet ain't so bad .......... sometimes better, always cheaper. Now I am not a cheapo-- but a Doctors visit in my area is 269.00 for an appointment, and they run that up quick blood tests - 400.00 x rays -------- ? 300-600 then referrals -- ? prescriptions ----- lets not even go there after awhile ------- a body has to say , screw it -- I will just live with it. |
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Posted: 9/18/2004 6:40:27 PM EDT
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It sounds like carpal tunnel syndrome to me, too.
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