What Causes Weakness In Left Hand And Left-sided Shoulder Pain?

Posted on Wed, 11 May 2016

Wed, 11 May 2016 Answered on

Mon, 20 Jun 2016 Last reviewed on

Question : I feel weakness in my left hand generally ,also I have complain of my left side shoulder pain due to wrong continuous sitting.

Answered by Dr. Suresh Heijebu (8 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Possible cervical spinal disease.Require MRI as further work up.

Detailed Answer:
Hello, Madam.

I can certainly understand your concerns.

Many of your symptoms are related to cervical spine disc disorder.

This can cause pain down the shoulder and arm.

For further accurate management, I advise you to take up an MRI scan of the cervical and thoracic spine.

This scan can accurately assess the degree of spinal cord compression.

Meanwhile, I advise you to go with following medications to protect your spine.

For this, I advise you to take oral pills of Methylcobalamin 1500 mcg once a day for 30 days and Tab Pregabalin 75 mg once a day at bedtime for 30 min.

These medications can cause large degree of pain relief.
Please check with your physician if he shares my view and if can prescribe these medications to you.

Post your further queries if any,
Thank you.

Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.

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