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How To Treat The Stabbing Pain And Tingling Feeling In The Thumb And Middle Fingers?

66 yr old woman r shoulder pain in bursar area, ache and stabbing, numb/sore down top/outside of arm, to finger tips. Thumb, pointer and middle fingers numb, tingling and a bit cyanotic, getting worse daily (for 3wks). No money for expensive tests. Initially applied ice to R side back of neck, then heat. Nothing has helped. Any suggestions
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi i am Dr Ahmed Aly
thanks for using healthcaremagic site ,
I had gone through your question and understand your concerns ..

In my opinion that is a kind of nerve injury either due to cervical herniation or to median nerve compression or both sometimes it is called CTS carpal tunnel syndrome her shoulder bursitis also adds on more nerve compression .
For my patient i recommend painkillers like advil , hot massaging with topical gels , muscle relaxants , B12 multivitamins , physiotherapy and yoga are effective in such cases if not i suggest Xrays , MRI to evaluate the degree of herniation causing neurovascular bundle compression that cause such kind of neuropathic pain but i dont think you reached that level yet but early treatment and diagnosis prevents further complications .

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How To Treat The Stabbing Pain And Tingling Feeling In The Thumb And Middle Fingers?

Hi i am Dr Ahmed Aly thanks for using healthcaremagic site , I had gone through your question and understand your concerns .. In my opinion that is a kind of nerve injury either due to cervical herniation or to median nerve compression or both sometimes it is called CTS carpal tunnel syndrome her shoulder bursitis also adds on more nerve compression . For my patient i recommend painkillers like advil , hot massaging with topical gels , muscle relaxants , B12 multivitamins , physiotherapy and yoga are effective in such cases if not i suggest Xrays , MRI to evaluate the degree of herniation causing neurovascular bundle compression that cause such kind of neuropathic pain but i dont think you reached that level yet but early treatment and diagnosis prevents further complications . Please click THANK YOU and consider a 5 star rating with some positive feedback if the information was helpful. Hope the above information helps you,