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i recenlty had a spinal chord injury (incomplete) i am still having issues is it possible that i may have nerve damage--my right hand constantly stings and still feels numb in many areas--it is weak and i get shooting pain in my ring finger?

 

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November 23 2007 at 7:43 AM (1 minute and 15 seconds later)
         

Do you know at what level your injury to the spine occurred?

How is the rest of your health?

Do you take any medication?

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November 23 2007 at 7:48 AM (5 minutes and 47 seconds later)
         
c-2 to c-7
since the injury i move my bowles many itme as day
sometimes my head will jerk and once my jaw jerked down and i bit my tounge.
i dont have a lot of energy
i have leg and arm pain--numbness right side is weak
if i am in a car i get dizzy when we are turning
i ahve pain in right side of head ear face sometimes it is bad
yesterday my knees kinga buckeled and i felt very weak in the legs
i did nto have nay of htis before thecreless injection
i might take tyelnol or motirn
i also take levothyroxine
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November 23 2007 at 7:56 AM (7 minutes and 33 seconds later)
         
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November 23 2007 at 8:02 AM (6 minutes and 15 seconds later)
         
i went for an injection in the neck for slipped disk pain--the dr hit my spinal chord and the swelling is from c-2 to c7 ia had cpinal chord hematoma-- am seeing neuroligt but sometimes it seem like he doesnt take me seroius
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November 23 2007 at 8:15 AM (12 minutes and 43 seconds later)
         
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November 23 2007 at 8:25 AM (10 minutes and 33 seconds later)
         
the dr who did the injection is just a pain amangement guy--i did nto really know that wehn i went to the ortho group
I was out of work for three months due to an injury which was the sipped disk on workers comp--I ws finally doing better and fairly ready to go bck when the ortho dr said just get an injection and see if that will help with the pain and swelling at neck (now thst is much worse)
so that is how it started i went in for the injeciton on nov 6 and he even used the dye and x ray i have called a few lawyers just to get some insight, but havent heard back yet i guess because holiday
the neuroguy i see says soemthings i am feeling have nothing to do with the injury i dont agree besides he said i can do anything i want with my hand --but that is not ture--i try but i get pain and hand is weak etc... i usually am afraID NEVER WENT THROGH THIS BEFORE recently theneuro dr said some of my symptoms are psychological--i was offended--why would he say that--that is wehn he said i can do anything with my hand
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November 23 2007 at 8:41 AM (15 minutes and 41 seconds later)
         
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November 23 2007 at 8:46 AM (4 minutes and 29 seconds later)
         
you know the nerologosit says my brain is fine because i said how do we know if i dont have any bleeing there or problem he says the testing he did in his office shows no problem there but i m not very comfortable with that--i think i have i have to ask the workers comp if i can have a second oppinion. many thngs about ths situation worry me. my whole body is out of wack idid have spinal chord damage both isdes but worse on right
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November 23 2007 at 8:50 AM (4 minutes and 33 seconds later)
         
whttypeiof tests are tey to chekc for the arm damage
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November 23 2007 at 9:21 AM (29 minutes and 53 seconds later)
         
i had a test doenlike that adnstill now when i close my eyes and stand still it is like i am fallng and all over the place what do you think
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November 23 2007 at 9:36 AM (14 minutes and 57 seconds later)
         
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November 23 2007 at 9:40 AM (4 minutes and 7 seconds later)
         
he also did the vsual test if i could see his fingers like the peripheal vison...and i ahd to touch my noise with myfingers fast and i di...but he eyes closed and standign still definitley is not right as of yet. if thisis the onky test that is considered not normal does it still mean i have a problem at part of the brain and if so what part and where is it in reference to area of head

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November 23 2007 at 11:06 AM (1 hour and 25 minutes and 28 seconds later)
         
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The fact that you could do the other tests is good, this means that the problem lies with some pathways which are in the spinal colum so it is possible that the brain is not involved at all. With a spinal haematoma there is problems with selected areas of the spinal cord which may improve with time. Occasionally surgery is needed to remove any blood clots but the MRI or CT would have shown these up.

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November 23 2007 at 12:34 PM (1 hour and 27 minutes and 59 seconds later)
         
wht stats do you have as far as prgnosis and wht is the percentage of 100% recovery
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