Guest guest Posted April 3, 2000 Report Share Posted April 3, 2000 I wondered if any of you exprience numbness in the small and ring fingers of your hands? With pain shooting to the elbow / ulner nerve. I was diagnosed w/ nerve damage and when going to the neorsg. a couple of years ago was told that is was not nerve damage. That it was coming from a higher level in the head and neck area? Does this sound familiar to anyone. I am tring to get mri's done. Thanks, Deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2000 Report Share Posted April 4, 2000 Hi Deb, I did before my surgery in 7/99 and now it is starting to come back. Isn't it weird that it would only be in those two fingers??? I never asked about it becoz' I had so many other things going on that I didn't think it was a big deal??? Please post answers to group everyone, I am interested in what that is too........... Thanks, Tina, ACM1, syrinx, decompressed 7/99 laminectomy c-1 & 2, arachnoid thinned and stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2000 Report Share Posted April 4, 2000 Hi Deb, I did before my surgery in 7/99 and now it is starting to come back. Isn't it weird that it would only be in those two fingers??? I never asked about it becoz' I had so many other things going on that I didn't think it was a big deal??? Please post answers to group everyone, I am interested in what that is too........... Thanks, Tina, ACM1, syrinx, decompressed 7/99 laminectomy c-1 & 2, arachnoid thinned and stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2000 Report Share Posted April 4, 2000 Hi, It sounds like me. A few years ago my right hand ring and pinky and that part of hand went numb and I had bad pain in arm. I was told by an orthodedist that it was Brachial Neuritis. Those two fingers are affected by the ulner nerve. My arm and hand stayed like that for about 4 months. Then the total numbness and the " bad " pain went away. I have since had problems with both hands tingling and getting some numbness in those same areas. And my arms hurt everywhere now, but not in the same way. I have since been told it is all related to the problems I have--chiari and cervical stenosis. Love, Maureen -----Original Message----- From: nhtess@... I wondered if any of you exprience numbness in the small and ring fingers of your hands? With pain shooting to the elbow / ulner nerve. I was diagnosed w/ nerve damage and when going to the neorsg. a couple of years ago was told that is was not nerve damage. That it was coming from a higher level in the head and neck area? Does this sound familiar to anyone. I am tring to get mri's done. Thanks, Deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2000 Report Share Posted April 4, 2000 Hi, It sounds like me. A few years ago my right hand ring and pinky and that part of hand went numb and I had bad pain in arm. I was told by an orthodedist that it was Brachial Neuritis. Those two fingers are affected by the ulner nerve. My arm and hand stayed like that for about 4 months. Then the total numbness and the " bad " pain went away. I have since had problems with both hands tingling and getting some numbness in those same areas. And my arms hurt everywhere now, but not in the same way. I have since been told it is all related to the problems I have--chiari and cervical stenosis. Love, Maureen -----Original Message----- From: nhtess@... I wondered if any of you exprience numbness in the small and ring fingers of your hands? With pain shooting to the elbow / ulner nerve. I was diagnosed w/ nerve damage and when going to the neorsg. a couple of years ago was told that is was not nerve damage. That it was coming from a higher level in the head and neck area? Does this sound familiar to anyone. I am tring to get mri's done. Thanks, Deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2000 Report Share Posted April 4, 2000 Hi All-- Yup, me,too. Also have many incidences ofsevere cramping-like contractures in my hands and feet.Have a nice day-pain-fre we cal it:=) Marcia aka Me2,58,ACM1,hydro in the 4th ventricle, V/P shunt '96, Stroke X2 '91,cavernous sinus aneurysm clipped '80,>>can't have MRI for definitives>>not decompressed _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2000 Report Share Posted April 4, 2000 In response to question from Tina & Deb, The pinky and the ring finger are innervated by the ulnar nerve which does originate in the neck and goes through a channel in the elbow (have you ever hit your funny bone) then into mainly those 2 fingers. It can be impinged at many places including the neck. I have ulnar neuropathy from repetitive motion at work. In my case it is pinched in the groove in the elbow. It causes quite a bit of pain along with numbness and tingling. Re: symtoms? > Hi Deb, > I did before my surgery in 7/99 and now it is starting to come back. > Isn't it weird that it would only be in those two fingers??? I never > asked about it becoz' I had so many other things going on that I > didn't think it was a big deal??? > > Please post answers to group everyone, I am interested in what that > is > too........... > > Thanks, > Tina, ACM1, syrinx, decompressed 7/99 > laminectomy c-1 & 2, arachnoid thinned > and stuff > > > > _________ > NOTE: NCC refers to posts with No Chiari Content > Unsubscribe Yourself: chiari-unsubscribeegroups > Technical Help: chiari-owneregroups > WACMA Home: www.pressenter.com/~wacma > WACMA List: www.eGroups.com/group/chiari > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2000 Report Share Posted April 4, 2000 I started w/ the tingling in my rt. ring finger and pinkie in the hosp. My nsg. said it was how I was laying on it, and because of the amount of time I laid on it. I was told it could take months before the tingling stops. OH JOY! =) G. in Idaho 12/99 decomp. 1/00 repair csf & staph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2000 Report Share Posted April 4, 2000 My neurologist told me to take a multi vitamin and a calcium supplement to see if that helps. Usually cramping can be caused from nerve damage or calcium defiency. I am giving it a shot. Cleveland, OH decompressed 09/98 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2000 Report Share Posted April 4, 2000 I had the problems with the numbness with the pinky and ring fingers in both hands a bit after the decompression. Years later, it became the entire hand and up to the elbow. I had the electrical test done (forgot what it is called) to check for carpule tunnel syndrome. I do have that a little bit, but half of the problem was dx'd as being as a pinched nerve in the neck from the decompression surgery. When you have the decompression surgery, they have to cut thru all your neck muscles esentually. And when they heal, they can heal a bit differently than the way they were before. So unless you have surgery to correct that, you just have to live with it. Now if it is carpule tunnel syndrome, Heffez's group has come up with a new surgery that the recovery takes only 2 weeks, rather than the traditional 6 weeks. I hope this helps some of you. Take care & God Bless, Donna M. New Orleans, LA (just moved from andria, VA) Hypoglycemic, Pseudotumor 12/93, 4 LP shunts & revisions 3/94, 7/94 x 2, 8/94, removed 12/94 ACM I decompression 8/29/94 (all surgeries done by Dr Heffez) New problems are pseudotumor cerebri again Not ACM like first thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2000 Report Share Posted April 6, 2000 Hi, I also had the same symptoms they did surgery to left hand and nothing but 2 yrs later still had the same problem . Had decompression 2-25-00 no more problems (so far) with my fingers or pain in forarm. Peggy Chiari Surgery 2-00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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