| Re: Finger Injury
while it could very well be something affecting the ulnar(also the c8 nerve in the c spine) it could also possibly be stemming where it actually starts,way up in your c spine area and not actually "in" the finger itself? by the way,the median nerve is what becomes affected with CT syndrome,that would not correlate to the last two fingers. the ulnar does. while you do not actually have a c 8 vertebrae,you DO have that c 8 nerve up there. mine was extensively damaged from spinal cord injury,and i have the very same sensations you are describing right in the very same areas as we speak too.
while this IS the ulnar nerve you are getting this from,it really needs to be tracked from those fingers all the way up to the c spine, just to really 'see' where it is being affected at. considering just what you have been doing lately, you could have suffered some level of injury to your neck area or exascerbated an actual issue up there that was just already there but non symptomatic til 'something' triggered it? just obtaining an MRI on your c spine area would be the really best place to start actually looking for the underlying problem. it would at least rule it in or out, then you can move onto other possible areas of involvement. since that nerve runs from the c spine on down to those last two fingers(it actually innervates the pinkie and only one half of that ring finger), it could be compromised in a few possible areas(the shoulder and the elbow would be the other possible areas,or most likely). but doing that MRI first really may save time. like i mentioned above,this is just a matter of tracking it back to the source.
i would just make another appt with your doc and simply ask him to refer you for that MRI. do not settle for only a CT, it wont show enough detail like an MRI would as far as what you really need to be seen down to the nerve/cord level. i do wish you luck and hope this is not a huge problem. but it does need to be checked to right where it starts. please keep us posted. FB
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3-22-01,herniated C-6-7
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