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Originally Posted by canagirl
Hello,
I do not have a diagnosis. I have been to numerous Dr's and they don't know what is going on. I have muscle twitching that seems to originate at my shoulders sometimes and almost every minute from my elbow (both arms). I also have extreme burning, tingling and prickling go from my fingertips all the into my spinal cord. These sensations never stop, they are there 24/7. I have had an emg of my lower right arm but the only thing they found was carpal tunnel. They refused to do one on my left and they didn't test anything above my elbow. Does this sound familiar to anyone? PLEASE HELP, I am desperate. Please, I beg you, don't read and move on. Please post anything you know. TIA
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I had pretty much the same thing on my left side some years ago. A neurologist with an office filled with Viagra promotional materials, clocks, pens, and tissue (yuk), diagnosed me with carpal tunnel via an EMG. Wrong.
An MRI showed that I had a herniated disk at c6 and c7. I think I injured myself reaching to turn on a lamp behind me as I lay on the couch. Embarrassing stuff. . . . I mainly felt the tingling in my little and ring fingers. Sometimes my forearm felt irritated. I took prednisone and it went away in a few weeks. Before this I went to two chiropractors who only made things worse.
The nerve could be irritated at a variety of locations. Worrying about TOS is premature. Might there have been a neck or elbow injury or some source of inflammation that could be the culprit?