I'm Only 21!

Have you had your cholesterol checked?

No, I went to the hospital in may, and they did 2 mri's, 2 eeg's, and 2 ct-scans, and found nothing, but I get numb, what is wrong?

Jennifer

Jennifer,

you went to the dr in may!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What are you nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whyhaven't you been back if you think you might be having mini-strokes?????? People can have strokes at any age (even babies!!)

that said, where do you get the numbness, how often & is it at any particular time or after any particular activity/inactivity?

At 21 asprin shouldn't have been needed unless there was a diagnosis to warrant it. Do you have any other symptoms, as given all you've said it's abit hard to accurately comment on the possibility of strokes.

Purple,

for days now, I have had numbness in my tongue (the back left) and left side of my neck, and then like a pulsation feeling in my neck, my head is getting weird too. But I dont' have insurance and I racked up a $20,000 bill in may!

Jennifer

Jennifer,

i pray that we don't go the way of the usa - $20,000 in one month my god!!

Still the good news is that the symptoms you describe do not sound like a stroke or mini-strokes. (i could of course be wrong). A stroke or mini ones would be more likely to come & go & get worse esp after all this time.

Tongue numbness, weird, if it were just that i'd think allergy or rubbing your tongue against something in your mouth that was irritating it (tooth etc) - but the neck as well, hm , neck & mouth are often affected by ear trouble, virus, infection (even if you're unaware of any problem there). After so long your head would be starting to feel weird, either due to whatever is wrong &/or worry about it all!!

I'd try antibiotics (if you can get them) for any infection, sinus tablets in case it's that -which could also affect ears, anti-histamines for any allergy & a 50/50 mix of water & hydrogen peroxide in your ear.

Don't do all at once, then you won't know what if anything works!! Start with the easiest the last. The water & hydrogen peroxide was recommended by our family dr years ago for our daughter who had problems & infections etc etc with her ears - it worked brilliantly. You put enough in the ear to fill to the outer edge & lay on your side to keep it in, then wait a few minutes to hear if there are any bubbles, the more bubbles the more "muck" in your ear - we had to treat our daughter a couple of times a night for several days before it was all out. One piece of muck that came out was like a bug, we actually had to cut it open before we could see that it was wax, but it was so hard we had to cut it!!

Right now that's all I can think to suggest you try. But do consider doing an on-line search of "causes of tongue numbness" as a start & then go from there - also consider whether you have any other symptoms that you're not linking to this problem. Did you start any meds just before this all started??

You may be interested to know that tia (transient ischmic accident) or mini-stroke can be brought on by people who suffer migraines with aura. If you have a history of migraines this could be why you are experiencing this problem. You should see a neurologist to have tests done to see if there are any arterial blockages that could result in a full stroke later on down the road.

My friend had her 1st one at 19yrs and just had another one today (19 years later). She has no history of hbp, high cholesterol, etc but has had migraines. She is having all the tests done now (she was brought to the hospital via ambulance) and they have come back completely negative so they are attributing it to the headaches.

Have it checked out and check out information on the web on tia strokes

hope this helps

I had 2 mini strokes at 17, so its possible that you can have them that young. You also can be in perfect health. Migraines could be a cause or in my case my blood clots easily. Get it checked out there could be a very simple reason