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middle fingers numb
A 50-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bruce Jacobs answered
Specializes in Family Medicine
You have pinched: your radial and median nerve. They should recover but might take months.
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A 43-year-old female asked:
Dr. Leroy Fleischer answered
36 years experience Internal Medicine
Both are right: You likely have a compression of the nerve that runs from your neck to the fingers.....Either where it originates in the neck or somewhere along the ... Read More
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Dr. Stephen Cohen answered
19 years experience Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Difficult: Difficult to determine without additional information. Certainly could be a pinched nerve in the neck (cervical radiculopathy) or peripheral nerve en ... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gary Pess answered
40 years experience Hand Surgery
Carpal Tunnel : Pain, numbness, tingling, weakness and night pain are the most common symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome. It can increase with progressive pregnancies ... Read More
A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Madhup Joshi answered
39 years experience Family Medicine
Which hand effected: If worried, physiatrist or neurologist should be consulted. Without a diagnosis, prognosis is only a blind guess.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Phil Chen answered
26 years experience Family Medicine
Need to see a doctor: This could be either neck problem or possible carpal tunnel syndrome. You need to see a doctor to get a completely neurological examination. Did you e ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Larry Armstrong answered
27 years experience Neurosurgery
Could be C7 nerve: Tricep pain and pain in the index/middle fingers follow the C7 nerve and the EMG may have been performed too early to detect the problem. You should ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. James Zasuly answered
28 years experience Plastic Surgery
See hand specialist: May be some nerve damage, usually transient. Would see a hand and upper extremity specialist; most doctors unfamiliar with nerves.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Victor Bonuel answered
38 years experience Internal Medicine
Get checked for: Raynaud's phenomenon (spasms of small blood vessels in fingers and toes causing bluish, paleness and red discoloration) which could be benign or part ... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered
49 years experience Pathology
Need to examine: It is not feasible to provide a meaningful opinion without examining you and your symptoms warrant evaluation by a physician.
Wish you good health! - ... Read More
A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gary Pess answered
40 years experience Hand Surgery
Carpal tunnel: It certainly could be carpal tunnel syndrome, a pinched nerve in your wrist which makes your fingers go numb. See a hand surgeon for an examination an ... Read More
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