I'm sure someone has already asked this, but I could'nt find it. I have absolutely no pain. No headaches or anything. But, I am numb from the base of my neck to the top of my head and around to my cheek. All on the left side. It started yesterday and hasn't gone away. It doesn't come and go, it's constant. I did'nt strain anything or get into an accident. Don't want to waste my money on a Doctor if it's something silly. What could it be ? Thanks for the help.

It is not silly. Since it's on one side and only one side, it could be more than a stroke. Sometimes I have numbness, but it's only temporary. When it's constant, go to the emergency room or doctor. It sounds like it is an emergency.

Hoghillbilly,


It sounds alot like the symptoms of an Arnold Chairi Malformation.

I am the proud owner so to speak of this problem / diease. Does your ear or ears ring? from time to time?

I would go and have it checked out; mine was first caught when I told my family doctor about it. He had me have an EMG which checks for nerve damage and sometimes I am told that they can figure out if a person has had a light stroke, The neurologist I was refered to had an MRI of the brain and this is where they found out that they mid portion of the brain in the back of my head was on the left side .08 and the right side was .05
The numbness is on the left side and has all of the things that you describe. I very much agree that you need an expert or experts look into this.

Roy47

It most defintely would NOT be a waste of your money here in order to have this evaluated as soon as possible.sudden onset numbnesscould be from any number of things.some would be considered very serious and some not so serious,but if it is indeed something rather life threatening,you DO need to know.

any number of things could have triggered this but it does appear that 'something" has affected a cranial or perhaps more than one cranial nerve.this could be from something going onwithin the brain or even the c spine area as some cranials do go down into the c spine and then loop back up into the head again.but at any rate.something 'different' than the norm has happened and needs immediate evaluation to find out the trigger of this event.if nothing else,just go to your local ER and tell them your symptoms and the sudden onset of them.they will take it from there,and most likely order an MRI.you really do need to find out whats going on before another strange or freaky symptom pops in to join the other.you just never know whats going on inside of any body area til you can peek inside.good luck and i hope this is nothing major.please keep us posted on what you find out.marcia

MRA of Carotid Arteries might be a good thing to do as well in case of carotid dissection or blockages.

I have had the same thing numbness in the whole right side of my face and neck and its hard to swallow i don't know what it is i went to the hospital and they did a CT scan and say there's nothing wrong and told me its probably just a pinched nerve or strain i don't know what to do its been going on for the past 2 weeks none stop and its scarring me i went and looked up Chiari Malformation and I had almost every symptom on there!! So im going to try to go get a mri but its going to be difficult to do that cause i have no money or insurance so im stuck !! i dont know what im going to do??:confused:

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