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Q.#2) have bulg.discs& pinchd nrvs in neck.want 2 avoid surgry.i hve noticd sorenss btween thumb/forfingr whn in use.had 2 mos pt 2013,cnt hav nsaids.

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Dr. Howard Shapiro answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Nephrology & Dialysis

Not from the neck: Disc diseases in the cervical spine can cause numbness, pins and needles, weakness. Actual soreness in the thumb suggests problems in the wrist or the thumb joints. See you primary care doctor for an evaluation. He may need X-rays to complete the workup

Answered 6/10/2014

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