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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Paradise
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Location: Paradise
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Originally Posted by trkdvr
So Dr stopped the blocks. When hubby turned hand over to show Dr where his palm was numb, the Dr jumped up and flipped his hand back over nd was concerned about how bad his hand had atrophied, this is evident in his entire arm. his elbow is now the largest part of his arm! The other night we noticed his arms were two different colors. He is now to have an EMG of which he isnt amused.
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And it shouldn't stop there with only an EMG. With that much atrophy, neurologically more needs to be explored to find out if the atrophy is a nerve compression (more likely) issue or "muscle" (less likely) issue. Assuming the prior, then they need to determine if it is a nerve root problem or peripheral nerve problem. Adding a NCV and SSEP's will better clarify the origin. So the options will come down to a neck problem (root compression), a peripheral nerve injury (surgery related - direct injury to plexus or non-resolved traction injury or non-surgically related), atrophy secondary to CRPS or a combination of the above. I wouldn't think that SGB's would cause so much nerve damage unless the PM doc was totally inept and way off the mark (possible I suppose).
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