A 45-year-old member asked:
What causes numbness/tingly feeling in both arms and face?
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Dr. Laurence Badgleyanswered
General Practice 53 years experience
Hyperventilation: Complaint of paresthesias in both upper extremities & peri-oral region of face is a non-physiologic/anatomic pattern of neural function/expression. More likely explanation is systemic metabolic changes in blood acid-base balance incited by hyperventilation. Underlying anxiety disorder is commonly primary cause in the symptom-arousing causal chain of these physiologic events.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
What to do if I have numbness/tingly feeling in both arms and face?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Laurence Badgleyanswered
General Practice 53 years experience
Hyperventilation: Complaint of paresthesias in both upper extremities & peri-oral region of face is a non-physiologic/anatomic pattern of neural function/expression. More likely explanation are systemic metabolic changes in blood acid-base balance incited by hyperventilation. Underlying anxiety disorder is commonly the primary cause in the symptom-arousing causal chain of these physiologic events. Angst treatment?
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