I'm a 41 yr old woman. Several months ago I had 2 incidents about 2 weeks apart where I became numb in the right thumb, it spread into my right arm and right side of my face within hours of starting. Both times it stayed for about 2 days then faded. I went to my Dr and he ran every blood test available and sent me to a Neurologist. He (the Neurologist) said the only thing that stood out was that my red blood cells were larger than a previous test 2 years before. During his examine he made reference to my having "fast reflexes" Lymes is neg (several times now) but that test is meaningless, I had Lymes and was treated for it but never tested positive then either. EEG was fine. Brain MRI is fine. Unfortunately a c spine MRI was done without gad when looking for a disk compression, the report reads that there are mild degenerative changes and mild to moderate neural foraminal stenosis. They describe vague areas of slightly high signal in several places on my spine, further describe it as subtle and ill defined. I have since had a 3rd MRI, the 2nd of the c spine with gad - still waiting on results.
I do now have fleeting slight tight feelings on my right face and right arm which can spread to my left side - most shoulder, upper arm and neck. These are usually short lived sensations. Only once I felt discomfort when my right arm felt "overfilled with blood" but clearly was not. This year (season) I have been able to work about 7 hours aday as opposed to my average 10, I feel tired by mid day. And I've lost my tolerance for heat it seems, the sunlight feels scorching. These things are not good, as I work a labor intensive outdoor job
I do believe the next test will be a lumbar puncture.
My question is, are there any "real" reasons for all these symptoms or am I becoming hypersensitive over normal meaningless sensations? Is this just "getting older" I didn't think it would be so sudden.