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treatment for herniated disc c7- t1 level?
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treatment for herniated disc c7- t1 level?
by mv40, Dec 03, 2005 12:00AM
After an MRI I have been diagnosed wth disc herniation at c7-t1 level with probable compression of c8 root.Have sporadic pain in left shoulder, arm and elbow ( worse at night)and weakness in left hand- could not swing golf club as grip weak. Neurologist wary of cortisone shot in neck area- sending me to neuro-surgeon for evaluation, Six months ago started high dose cortisone treatment for arteral temporitis and was down to 10mg of pregnisone when hand weakness came on suddenly. Neurolist raised to 40mg for 5 days and am now back to 10mg- no dramatic effect with higher dose but now I realize I clearly felt somewhat better when on high dose- Now I can't sleep withour pain killer. What are available treatments without surgery?
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-Neuro-M.D.-PW, Dec 07, 2005 12:00AM
Member Comments (2)
by mv40, Dec 03, 2005 12:00AM
the reference to arteral temporitis in my question should have been to temporal arteritis
