A 36-year-old female asked:
2 week with pain in my neck, shoulder, leg, arm on my left side. i have pseudotumor cerebri since 2012 have really bad headache. 23 spinal tap.
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Dr. Adam Lewis answered
35 years experience Neurosurgery
Herniated disc: The symptoms that you describe are consistent with a herniated disc in the neck. I suspect the headaches originate from the neck and are unrelated to the Pseudotumor cerebri. See a neurosurgeon for treatment of the neck and arm pain.
Answered on Aug 1, 2014
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