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I'm 46 and have just recently started having numbness


Sent to Health Experts March 14, 2007 11:33 p.m.
I'm 46 and have just recently started having numbness and tingling in my left arm. I notice it the most on the inside of my bicep and it runs down my arm to my hand and including my hand partially. This pain and tingling is pretty much all the time and like a dull throbbing.Is this carpal tunnel and what can I do to eleviate it?

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March 14, 2007 11:37 p.m. (3 minutes and 50 seconds later) 		REPLIED to Info Request Check Mark

Hi,

Which fingers are numb and tingles ?

What have you already tried ?
V. Yetimyan M.D.  -- Doctor -- 98% Positive Feedback on 2813 Health Accepts
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Sent March 14, 2007 11:40 p.m. (3 minutes and 11 seconds later)
It's more like the meaty outside part of the hand. I haven't done anything about it.
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March 15, 2007 1:19 a.m. (1 hour and 38 minutes later) 		ACCEPTED Check Mark

Hello,

If the numbness and tingling involves the first 3 1/2 fingers , it is probably carpal tunnel syndrome. If numbness and tingling involves the half of the 4th finger and the 5th finger than it is probably ulnar tunnel syndrome. A pinced nerve in the neck may also needto be ruled out. I suggest to you to see a orthopedic surgeon. In the mean time you can take Tylenol tablet for the pain. For more information please check the links:

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=393&topcategory=Hand

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=143&topcategory=Arm

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/brochure/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=5&topcategory=Hand

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=179&topcategory=Neck

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