Worried Mum
 

Hi, I'm mum of an adult daughter with a young family suffering increasing neurological issues. Over a year ago my daughter (who is fit and goes to gym 8-10 times per week) started suffering from numbness of the hands, this slowly progressed up to her elbows and hand trembles also became a new symptom. This was a slow progression, but enough to start all the tests and rule out some big diseases. Recently though (the last three weeks or so) it has rapidly changed and now she has some involvement with her feet and a form of vertigo and visual disturbances. The hospital at the Sunshine Coast was useless. She has seen a Neurologist for a nerve conduction test a little while ago and this came back normal, but to see him properly she had to wait until May. They did manage to bring that forward to February after her recent 10 hour hospital visit to the emergency department following non-stop nausea over several days. I'm at a loss what else to do as she has had multiple blood tests, urine tests, MRI of the brain and spine (which showed some inflammation which they put down to her occasional migraines). All of the tests except the MRI came up normal. Has anyone had something similar?

What exercises did she do at the gym?
A lot of weightlifting/repetition perhaps?
Desk work, sports or past injuries to upper body..
https://www.neurotalk.org/thoracic-outlet-syndrome/

The foot issue might not be connected..
https://www.neurotalk.org/peripheral-neuropathy/

All of the tests except the MRI were normal? But the MRI wasn't, and that should be a red flag, it seems to me. Neurologists seem to take MRI abnormalities seriously.

I hope that the medical providers you're dealing with have a system where your daughter can be on a waiting list to be notified in case of a cancellation that would enable her to be seen before February.

It's possible she has been overdoing in some way, maybe at the gym, but the symptoms must be uncomfortable, and I'm sure both you and she want answers sooner rather than later.