Tinginling, Rash, Host of Other Problems. Posted: 01-18-07 13:02pm
They tell me im fine but im getting
worse.
Im really at the end of my rope with
this.
So basically my latest mri just came back
on my neck and its fine.
But I got all this crazy stuff going on
and they've done every test in
the world on me and it all comes back
fine.
So, there basically to the point where
they are telling me its just
aging and I should just deal with it. But
im only 33 and a year ago I felt fine. At
this rate.. I cant imagine what its going
to be like in another 6 months.
As far as i'm concerned things are getting
slowly worse.
Its sending me into depression.
Does anyone have any clue on what this
could be? What I can even ask my doctors
about?
Ive wrttien a journal of sorts.. Ill copy
and paste it. Sorry its not
very clear.. And allot of it is probably
irrelivant..
Oh, and my main concern is the tingling
which is getting worser and lately has
been worse with downwards movement of my
neck.
Ive been tested for ms, lupas, lyme, and
maybe parkinsons... And
everything else under the sun that any
rheumatologist, neurologist,
infectious disease, and general practice
doctor can think of.
01 - bilateral hernia operation repaired
with mesh
developed pericarditis(ill get this
about once a year, to a
lesser degree, each year since)
02 - develop tremor in left hand -
diagnosed as essential tremor. Sent
for mri. Comes back clean.
04 - have bout of vertigo at work.
Followed by 6 month continues
headache w/sensitivity to light. Never
goes away. Feel like i'm being
shocked in the head when I try and sleep.
See couple doctors. Nobody
knows that it is. Sent for mri. That
comes back clean. Eventually just
fades away.
05 - get headache again. Only lasts for
about a month though.
Develop essential (?) tremor on
face. When I squench my nose it
will shake. I also devlope a tremor when
I pucker my lips.
06 - develop pins in needles on thumb and
pointer finger of right hand.
Eventually spreads throughout hand.
Descending severity from thumb to
pinkie. Can really feel it after I take a
shower. After some time
(months) I can now feel it in the tips of
my toes on my left foot but that location
comes and goes. Although the pinkie toe
is becoming more constant.
Diagnosed (right hand) as carpal
tunnel(setting up appointment
to get that verified through referral from
old doc). (this was ruled
out later on after tests)
develop perciacrdits and
pneumonia. Lands me in hospital. Put on
high dose of predinisone (60mg for a 4 or
5 months.. Then get down to about 20mg a
day for a couple months. Then eventually
taper off. About 8 months tottal on the
stuff)
also have tingling sensation on
random parts of the body for a
few secs here or there.-
also had a constant bloody
nose for about 3 months or
so. Not like it was bleeding but id I
blew my nose there was always
blood in my mucus. Sometimes it looked
fresh sometimes not. This just
went away 2 months ago when I was in the
hospital for the pericarditis.
Around march noticed rash on head.
Not painful. Gone now.
Tingling in left foot, this week,
has subsided as well as
tingling in right hand for the most part.
Aside from when I take a
shower. After that the right hand tingles
still. Typically its tingling
in the morning no matter what also if I do
something with the
hand to 'trigger' it.
Seems the tremors also change in
severity over time. Not as bad
this last week.
Update as of jan-07
have gotten the rash 3 more times
since. Worse each time. The
second time it was on my face under my
beard as well as my head (not painful).
This
last time was over most of my face up to
about eye level and all over
my forehead. Went back to doc, got same
nurse I saw the first time for
this and she put me on another 10 days of
some antibiotic.
Made appt. With dermatologist for
march.
Had an incident where I had about an
ounce or 2 of blood come out
my rectum when going to the bathroom.
Attributing that too an internal
hemorrhoids
got off the predisone completely
around the beginning-mid
december.
Chest/heart area still slightly sore
on the deepest inhale but at
the same time it feels the best it has
since my original visit to the
hospital in may.
This past week both the joints in
each shoulder have been really
sore. The left one really bad. I cant
attribute this to anything. I
would consider the left one to be painful
to move. I also have soreness
in the neck area. Same as I reported
months ago and is listed above. On
second thought maybe this is from getting
off the prednisone.
I quite smoking around mid-dec.
The hand tingling is pretty bad now.
Its pretty much my whole right
hand. I realize what triggers it is
abrasiveness on it. And it doesn't
have to be very abrasive. Like when I
wash my hair my right hand will
tingle for hours. I also get random
tingling sensations on my face,
left hand, inner left thigh, and left
foot. I wouldn't say it goes numb
though. I can still feel fine with them.
Also, in the morning, my right pointer
and thumb are tingling.. Lately this has
been lasting nearly all day.
A few weeks ago my blind spot in my left
eye got rather large. That
lasted about 10-15 min and then my vision
returned to normal.
This last month I noticed when my hand is
tingling and I put my chin
to chest it flares up the tingling in my
hand. Also, when I get done
running the same action makes my inner
left thigh tingle.
Got mri done of neck that came back fine.
Ideas?
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blulyneguy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 334 Location: Idaho,
Ideas? Posted: 01-18-07 13:21pm
I know the mri came back neg. But it
really sounds like a nerve problem. Most
docs are quick to dismiss the unknown as
nothing but if I were you, i'd get
opinions until there were no more docs to
see. Hand and foot tingling and
twitches/spasms- gotta be a nerve or
nerves. Rash? Could be stress induced
due to other problems.....Good luck at
derm. I had west nile last summer and the
1st doc. Said it was either an allergic
reaction to meds. Or I was poisoned.
Yeah, pretty close! Took 4 specialists
and 2 derms. To figure it out. Hmmmm,
maybe the "i was in my garden and have
these 4 mosquito bites on my leg" shoulda
tipped em off?
Good luck and like I said- go to different
docs and don't tell them what your
previous one said or they'll just agree.
Let them make the diagnosis.