Worried about weird feeling in arm/fingers-help!!

[skleep]

Last night I wore a very tight coat, as well as a backpack, and I held a container of food in my hand (with my elbow bent) for about thirty minutes while walking home.  The circulation in my arm felt like it was completely cut off, but I figured it was fine as long as I took my jacket off upon getting home.

Well, I felt fine at home but when I woke up in the morning, my pointer finger was very slightly tingly, and my entire arm still felt like there was poor circulation.  My boyfriend says it's probably just a pinched nerve from carrying the food like that all night, and my mom says the same thing.  But I'm very worried it could be MS.  I'm a notorious worrywart and I have OCD, so I don't want to go overboard, but it seems like tingling hands were the first sign for a lot of people with MS.  What other symptoms should I look for, and how worried should I be?  Do you think this is just a pinched nerve?

[cj29]

I would have to agree...if it continues to bother you, why not just go see your doc about it?  You also said that you worry, and in my experience, health anxiety can turn everyday aches and pains and magnify it ten fold...what is not a big problem can be percieved as something that sets off the 'alarm bells' in our head.  With this history of worrying, does it often manifest itself in worrying about your health?  Have you had counsleing in the past for this?  

[remar]

I don't think you should be worried. And I do agree with your mom and boyfriend. It sounds like a pinched nerve. If you had not been carrying all of those things and this happened for no reason I would say to get to your Dr right away. But, you were wearing a tight coat and carrying things which can cause a pinched nerve. If it keeps up you may want to see your Dr anyway. It could be with all of that weight on your arm that you pulled your neck out of place and that can cause a pinched nerve.