How urgent is my situation?

[amberjames99]

Hello, new here and new to Chiari's, I am a 28 yr old female that just got diagnosed and am having severe migraines (4-7x/week) since I was about 12, dizziness, left arm, hand, and finger numbness for 8 days, neck, back, and arm pain, and on and off blurred vision. The main thing I am worried about is the numbness that won't go away is this something I need to have treated right away or will it take months to get something done? Can I wait months or will this cause permanent damage?

[selmaS]

  Hi amberjames99 and welcome to the Chiari forum.

Until you have further testing no one can say for certain that you will not have any perm nerve damage....as a syrinx can lead to that, so you will want testing to rule one out....Syringomyelia is a related condition.....BUT I also had symptoms since I was very young....grade school age....and I was not DX'd until I was 48 and guess what NO syrinx...NO perm nerve damage....so do try to relax.

There are other related conditions you will want ruled out as well....and research to find a true Chiari specialist.

Just know you are not alone.