Can I Safely Ignore This Symptom? Posted: 08-08-07 10:55am
If I sneeze, I herniate a disk. It's
always fun to discover what new strange
and different symptoms I'll get each time.
This one is relatively minor, but starting
to drive me nuts.
At night in bed while I sleep, my thumb,
index finger and middle finger goes numb.
Kind of like asleep, but not asleep (you
back people know what I mean). To get the
feeling back, I need to get up and walk
around for a bit. It's neat, I get like
30 mins sleep, get up and walk around,
then another 45 mins sleep, then get up
again - all night long. In the day I'm
starting to feel like a zombie from lack
of sleep.
Here's my question: I am concerned that
if I just sleep through the numbness and
let it remain all night long, I could
cause some kind of damage, or cause it to
remain even after I get up. Is this
possible? I think I can learn to just
sleep through it and not get up when it
goes numb, but is this wise?
Thoughts?
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RichT
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Posted: 08-10-07 19:37pm
Hello Rick,
Yes, I have a thought - See a spine
surgeon, and do so without delay. Perhaps
you may have a pinched nerve in your upper
back.
RichT
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Marie B.
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 218 Location: Ohio
Pain Symptoms Posted: 08-29-07 09:52am
Hi. Rick,
I couldn't help but respond to your
question.
I don't know your history about herniated
discs so you will excuse me if what I am
about to say does not apply. I'm not a
doctor.
All numbness symptoms might not be related
to spine problems. You speak of night
pain and numbness indicating thumb,
forfinger and index finger.
Those symptoms can be associated with
carpal tunnel syndrome.
Check with your ortho doc to make sure
something else hasn't popped up in your
health problems.
Speaking from the cornfields of Ohio
D.M.B.
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