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Subject: Re: Pronator Teres Syndrome
Forum: The Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum
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Posted by CCF Neuro MD on January 10, 1998 at 08:34:17:
In Reply to: Pronator Teres Syndrome posted by Jim on January 10, 1998 at 00:40:54:
I have had this problems going on 2 years I have this burning pain in my left side of my nesk ,arm, and wrist in which won't go away , I have had many test done including 3@emg's and 1@mri's showing that nothing was out of the ordinary , I am loosing control of my left arm and it is getting alot smaller than my right, I have been going to see a chiropractor for about 7 months and he seems to think that I have Pronatar teres syndrome , and out of the numberous Dr.'s that I have seen all of these diagnoses had came up , but with these little tests that they perform , sticking you with needles in there eyes show that nothing is wrong. I don't know nothing about this syndrome but I do now that I have been going thru pain that I can no longer take , I turned my dr's claims in on workmans comp. but as usual it was denied , { I am working on this} but I NEED HELP I have heard that this is the best place to go to get help , well I am making the first step in getting it with you, I live in Dayton but god know that I am willing to come there for help , I cannot stand the pain any longer.{ just some brief notes., it all started when I was unloading Corian, these sheets weigh about 200lbs's each there was 5 of them,I got this pain in my left wrist and from there on it has moved up and now I can hardly move my arm , the pain is so bad that it has made a drastic attitude chance with me , and before I was seeing Dr. Booher ,{ my chiropractor} my left ring finger would go completely numb and turn as white as a piece of paper, I beg for you to help me , I don't know where else to turn, PLEASE HELP ME!!!! Sincerely Your
Dear Jim,
There is a possibility that you may be having Reflex Sympathatic Dystrophy(RSD).RSD is poorely understood disorder consisting of the following:spontaneous burning pain,allodynia(extreme pain during stimulation with a normally nonpainful stimulus), and autonomic or trophic changes in the limb(e.g.atrophy, change in the color,temprature or sweating).Symptoms usually follow trauma and occuring in the absence of injury to the nerve.Many patient improve after blockade of the sympathatic nervous system.The syndrome is recognized to be non specific and the pathophysiology is poorely understood.The basis of treatment consist of sympathatic blocks and active physical therapy.It is best managed in a multidisciplinary pain management center. The above information is intended for general medical informational purposes only.
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