RE: Re:numbing in body parts

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Thanks Rochelle. I do have an appointment with the neurologist tomorrow and

they even called and moved my appointment up over an hour to 1:15PM. I'll be

sure to post what he/she says.

Joi

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Re:numbing in body parts

Hi Joi,

 

    In a peripheral nerve like the carpal tunnel nerve in your wrist, if the

nerve is severely damaged it can grow back as long as the compression (or

even if it is cut) does not continue for more than 6 months. In this case

the long thin axon part of the neurons in the nerve actually regrow to

connect the head of the nerve and the ending dentrites.After about 6 months

the head of the nerve degenerates so a working connection is no longer

possible.  But the closer you get to the central nervous system, which

includes brain and spinal cord, the less likely regeneration will occur. So

when a spinal cord is compromised, damage is more likely to be permanent

llike in parapalegics and quadrapalegics. With nerve roots, the big nerves

coming off of the spinal cord and where bone spurs and bulging discs often

compress, it is variable whether damage will improve with time once the

compression is removed or whether it will be permanent.  A neurologist

can tell you better, but it is important that you not let severe

compression--like persistent total arm numbness and dropping things all the

time or numb legs and spastic gait--go on for more than...I wouldn't want to

say, but I'd be pretty scared.

 

                                                      Rochelle