Pressure / Lump / Something In My Upper Left Inside Arm... Posted: 02-25-07 22:23pm
I've already been told I have high blood
pressure and high chloesterol from a blood
donation van. Shortly after, because
diabetes runs in my family, I went to a
doctor and had a series of tests done. I'm
32, and had the tests done about 8 months
ago. I never got a response, and never had
a reason to persue it.
Since then, something new has happened.
Yesterday was the 3rd time I've felt (this
is hard to explain) a pressure or lump
inside my left upper arm. I actually try
to massage it out, and poke at it or apply
pressure (it almost feels like an internal
zit, if that makes any sense). I doesn't
go away for a while and is the beginning
of other things, and part of me wonders if
it's psychological, but it's such a strong
physical feeling that eventually brings me
to my knees...
All 3 times it's happened (several months
apart from each other) I've eventually got
dizzy and almost passed out. I can't think
right, and during the time it lasts (about
24-48 hours) I really feel dazed, very
lost and only focused on the things going
wrong in my body. Parts of my body go
numb: left arm tingles, feelings of cold
fluid in my arm pit and behind my knees,
my left side of my brain feels like it's
got more weight to it, my lips tingle, and
today for the first time the back of both
of my upper thighs went numb. I can feel
the blood in my neck throb stronger, and
it actually feels warmer.
The first time it happened I saw a
physiotherapist and she said it was
probably because of the way I was sitting
at a computer (which I only do for several
hours a day). The second time was on a
long driving trip, so I thought the
"sitting computer position" theory was
right. But this time (starting yesterday
and still going on) was during a normal
low stress working day. As soon as it
starts my mind can't go anywhere else. I
pretend to go through a day as if i'm
tolerating nothing, but just keep trying
to massage in my arm pit and run towards
populated areas when it seems I'm starting
to pass out.
The pressure / lump / zitty thing deep in
my arm stays the whole time during this
process, and I react to it because it
feels like fluid travels in and out of it
(I wanted to say it feels bugs or worms
travelling through armpit hairs). The rest
of it, such as the numbness and pins and
needles come and go, but sometimes it hits
strong and I get paranoid and make sure
I've got my phone in my hand or go near
coworkers or to my apartment door so if I
start to pass out I can try to react (if
that's even posible) to make myself
apparent to...anyone.
So, that's that. I'm trying to schedule a
visit to a local clinic to get looked at,
and I feel kind of stupid about describing
what's happeneing to me, and about the way
I react, but it's really scaring me.
The worst thing is, I really feel far from
reality...just in a hazy bubble. There's
been multiple days where if I didn't email
myself as a reminder about something I
wouldn't even remember the day ever
happened.
Any ideas what this might be?
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critical care RN
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 92
Posted: 02-26-07 13:38pm
i suggest that you have your regular
doctor check this out. If they can't find
anything I suggest a chiropractor that
practices "Pilates". I say this as my wife
had all the same symptoms. She was
initially diagnosed with MS until we went
and saw a neurologist. After a battery of
test the neurologist said it's not MS and
she was unsure what was causing the
symptoms of dizziness, numbness and
tingling in both arms. We went to see a
chiropractor who practices "pilates" and
within 3 appointments she said the
numbness and dizziness had gone. The
chiropractor stated he see a lot of these
symptoms in people who work desk jobs.
Hope this helps
