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Suggest Treatment For Pain And Numbness In The Arm
Hi these are symptoms I have had for a while.... Bad anxiety always think the worst so this makes it hard. So I have had numbing pain in my left arm for about one year and a half, that wakes me up and it s mainly when I lay down, I also smell phantom burning smell but also only at night when in bed this has been for a couple of months but not every night. I get head spins and they are not when getting up and down I can be sitting completely still this has been happening sporadically for over a year. My memory isn t as good as it was as in I will go to the kitchen more than once and don t remember why I was going there... Please help I m extremely worried
Mon, 24 Dec 2018
General & Family Physician, Dr. Vasudha's Response
Hi,
The symptoms regarding hands &phantom smell/giddiness seem to be degenerative changes in cervical spine & discs to cause pressure on nerves supplying affected parts of hand & internal ear.
MRI of cervical spine &ear would confirm & help in the selection of specific treatment. The forgetfulness could be due to severe weakness & vitamin deficiencies or age wise degenerative changes in the brain. Can be recovered by concentration exercises, good nutrition &+ve thinking.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Vasudha Jayant Athavale, General & Family Physician
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Suggest Treatment For Pain And Numbness In The Arm
Hi, The symptoms regarding hands &phantom smell/giddiness seem to be degenerative changes in cervical spine & discs to cause pressure on nerves supplying affected parts of hand & internal ear. MRI of cervical spine &ear would confirm & help in the selection of specific treatment. The forgetfulness could be due to severe weakness & vitamin deficiencies or age wise degenerative changes in the brain. Can be recovered by concentration exercises, good nutrition &+ve thinking. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Vasudha Jayant Athavale, General & Family Physician