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Subject: Re: Ipsilateral aches when weather changes
Forum: The Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum
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Posted by ccf neuro M.D.* on December 12, 1997 at 23:53:57:
In Reply to: Ipsilateral aches when weather changes posted by Rick Weyoun on November 14, 1997 at 23:05:30:
I have gone to see an internist and rheumatologist about aches
localized on the left side of body body from head to toe whenever
the weather changes. It's not any acute pain or pain at all, just a
sense of achyness. The physicans had run all sorts of blood tests
and urine tests on me. Testing me for arthritic conditions, hepatitus,
lyme disease, and also doing orthopedic test and all came back negative. What should I do? I was told to go see an ENT specialist, that they have
experience in diagnosing ipsilateral conditons of the body. I am also
going to go see an accupuncturist with knowledge of Traditional Chinese
Medicine, as allopathic medicine has not diagnosed my problem yet.
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Rick,
What an interesting and unusual problem. Wish I had an easy answer for it, and I'm not surprised you have not been successfully diagnosed as of yet. Most abnormal sensations confined to half of the body are due to neurological problems, like stroke or multiple sclerosis affecting either the brain or spinal cord. The types of sensation abnormalities seen, however, are things like decreased feeling of pain and temparature sensation, of touch, or of one's sense of body part position. Sometimes people with strokes in a part of their brain called the thalamus get EXCESS sensation and even spontaneous pain, although this is usually more or less constant and occurs spontaneously, independent of weather or other environmental changes. If you were to develop additional symptoms like actual numbness, weakness, or clumsiness of the same side of the body, I would suggest that you see a neurologist. Otherwise I can't say I blame you for exploring every possible option including accupuncture, which can often effectively alleviate certain types of pain--- I hope yours is one of them. Good Luck!!!
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