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Back & Neck Pain (Expert Forum)
Left arm pain
Answered by
Prem Pillay, MD - laser surgery, microsurgery, low back pain, neck pain, Acupuncture and pain, pain, artificial disc replacement, spine fusion, Endoscopic spine microsurgery, Robotic spine Microsurgery, microdiskectomy, MicroDisectomy, Minimally Invasive Spine, Nucleoplast
NeuroSpine and Pain Center Singapore
Singapore - Singapore
Questions in the Back & Neck Pain forum are answered by Dr. Kwan Yin Chong and Dr. Prem Pillay. Topics covered include herniated disc, pinched nerves, sciatica, degenerative spine disease, spinal stenosis, spine trauma and fractures, and pine tumors.
Left arm pain
by knicknac, Jan 18, 2009 11:25AM
About 2 weeks ago, during the course of the day, I developed pain in my neck. My wife rubbed it and it didn't really get any better. It got so bad that my left arm, the tricep area, went numb. It eventually moved between the middle fingers of my left hand. It started to feel much better this week with localized pain in the elbow and tricep area and tingling in the first finger. Today the pain near the tricep is much greater again and numb first left finger. When I sit up straight and turn my head to the right, my first finger shoots pain. Is this a pinched nerve? Should I go to hospital?
Doctor's Answer
by Prem Pillay, MD, Jan 27, 2009 10:47PM
, Jan 27, 2009 10:47PM
Yes this certainly could be a pinched nerve from a neck problem.
I would suggest that you see a neurosurgeon.
Dr Prem Pillay
I would suggest that you see a neurosurgeon.
Dr Prem Pillay
