Suggest Treatment For Severe Pain In The Neck

Posted on Thu, 9 Feb 2017

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Thu, 9 Feb 2017 Answered on

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Question : It on the brain stem it has no cancer .What can be done .She has pain from her neck half down her forarme

Answered by Dr. Indranil Ghosh (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
May be from cervical problem

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.

You have not given any detail except for the pain and that MRI brain doesn't show tumor. More details would definitely help.

Pain in neck radiating to forearm is most commonly due to nerve compression in the cervical spine, due to cervical spondylosis or other similar problems. I would recommend Xrays and/or MRI of cervical spine to locate the problem so that appropriate treatment can be initiated.

Hope this helps.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Indranil Ghosh (23 hours later)

we had a car wreck .we were hit in the back of car we were sit still giveing signal and car hit us approxing speed 35 mp .would this cause this turner? this was about 1.5 years ago

Answered by Dr. Indranil Ghosh (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Yes this could have caused spinal injury

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.

Trauma can cause spinal injury and in turn that can cause nerve compression and pain.

MRI of cervical spine can tell this with more certainty.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee