Will Worsening Pain And Tingling Sensation In The Right Arm Get Healed Completely Through Medical Intervention?

Posted on Mon, 20 Dec 2021

Question: My right arm has been giving me trouble over the last month. it has progressively gotten worse to it now waking me up every night the last 7 days and i cant seem to get blood to flow to my hand. I can feel extreme pain like its asleep and tingling almost like it is being crushed. I feel it in all of my fingers, in my elboy and up underneath my right arm pit. My hand is now showing sighns of turning a darker blue than my left hand.
when i sleep this occurs on both arms, but much more extreme on my right. It lasts trhoughout the day now and comes and goes about every 15-30 minutes, sometimes my hand feels numb for hours. My Dad had a quadruple bypass at the age of 54 and i am 48 years old now.. I have a wife and two boys and I am becoming extremely nervous about this. I do not have insurance and im not sure where a good place to start would be.

Answered by Dr. Neeraj Kumar (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Get evaluated and investigated as advised

Detailed Answer:

Hello,

There is two possibilities based on your description.
Carpal tunnel syndrome due to nerve compression at wrist.
Vascular occlusive disease due to atherosclerotic or other reasons like vasculitis.
Get examined by a neurologist or physician.
Investigations like nerve conduction testing or Doppler study may be required.
Pregabalin or Gabapentin can be tried.

Hope you found the answer helpful.
Regards
Dr N Kumar
Neurologist

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