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Tingling in tight side, and sore neck
by JTS4, Oct 12, 2009 02:59PM
Hey, I'm a 16 year old boy and a couple days ago i had a bad headache and then my right arm, foot and cheek went kind of numb and tingly, so i went to the doctor and they sent me to the ER to maybe get a CT scan (i think its called) anyway, we ended up not doing it because it is very unhealthy for my age to get a cat scan, but the next day, i had a very sore neck and it was stiff, and the past few days my right side goes into a kind of crampy feeling and my right side of my face gets a little numb. Do you think this could be a pinched nerve in my neck, and it will just go away or is it more serious?
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The fact that your episode occurred with the onset of a bad headache makes me think you may have suffered a migraine headache, as these can cause symptoms ranging from facial paralysis to dizziness to transient ischemic attacks (aka "mini-strokes"). Does anyone in your family have a history of migraines? Have you gotten bad headaches in the past?
It sounds like you need to be under the care of a neurologist, regardless, so I urge you to make an appointment with one as soon as possible! Serious or not, you can't be sure until you've been properly evaluated.
Take care and keep us posted on the results!