tingling sensations - Brain & Nervous System Disorders Message Board

ny2125 · 11-11-2006, 10:18 PM

my wife will say she gets some tingling feelings/lightheadedness on the side where she had a bad case of whiplash (side of head/neck). she has had mri's in the past and they were fine. she has had these weird feelings before which prompted her mri's. her neuro said the nerve/nerves in that area are most likely giving her the odd sensations. she is very stressed out and i think this contributes to her feeling this way, since stress and these odd sensations have occurred in the past at the same time. she has had tingling feelings w/her feet when she first walks in the morning, esp. if she sleeps on the side that the whiplash occurred. the neuro said that this can contribute to those feelings too. has anyone else experienced this or have seen stress cause similar symptoms??? she does not have these sensations/symptoms all the time, some days it will happen a few times, then go days w/out anything.

PearlDoves · 11-21-2006, 05:52 PM

I'm wondering if they did an MRI of the neck or head, let us know. Might be wise to obtain a copy of your reports and have a look at them yourself. If you do this, don't freak out because sometimes there is terminology that you may not understand that will really not be a big deal at all... other times there could be something... I know from my own experience that neck problems can cause the tingling.. but I don't know what's been looked at in your case. Other thing is.. let us know how long ago the car accident was. Over time things can start to degenerate among other things. If its been a while you could always have another MRI done and/or a Cat scan. Flex and Extention Xray views of the neck asl could show problems going on in the neck as well. Good luck to you both and God Bless, I hope the problem is found... but it could very well be as the neruo doc says, but it never hurts to invetigate and be thorogh or to ask for another opinion by taking your films to someone else.

If Physical Therapy hasn't been tried, sometimes this can help, but sometimes it can makes things worse, and if it makes it worse it may indicate something more serious is going on, as it was in my case.