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What Causes Numbness In Fingers Inspite Of Being On Metoprolol?
Question: I wok up XXXXXXX 3 times from sleep and felt that my finger tips were very uncomphortably numb in both hands. After moving fast all fingers the numbness vanished. In addition to this, I felt my heart beets irregular, as if the bets were missing as if missing a beet in series of 4,-6 or 8 beets. I'm taking metoprolol 25mg, valsartan 80mg as prescribed and pyridostigmine (myestenia gravis,peripheral neurapathy). I have been advised to make, aggree to catetherisation. I'm 92 Y. old and some how suspicious that the numbness of finger tips is the invitation stop whatever I'm gladly doing.,
Brief Answer:
Keep observing for some time.Transiently it can be due to anxiety.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.
I have gone through your medical history.Thanks for a concise, well written summary.
If you would have presented to me as an outpatient with these complaints,I would have advised you to :
1)Continue your ongoing treatment
2)Start doing some mental relaxation exercises/yoga/meditation to reduce conscious or subconscious anxiety levels.
4)Get an Electrocardiogram(ECG) done and analysed by a physician/cardiologist.
3)Keep observing yourself,if such numbness happens again.
Actually,the kind of transient numbness you had, which improved on moving the fingers faster is unlikely due to some pathology.It is most likely due to anxiety or some kind of a somatization.If so,it will improve with mental relaxation exercises/meditation.
Missed beats should be evaluated by getting one Electrocardiogram(ECG) done.A cardiologist review can be taken for this.
Meanwhile, I advise you to continue your current medicines.
Hope I have answered your query.If you have some follow up queries,I shall be glad to answer else,please close the thread-rate it and write a review.
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Keep observing for some time.Transiently it can be due to anxiety.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.
I have gone through your medical history.Thanks for a concise, well written summary.
If you would have presented to me as an outpatient with these complaints,I would have advised you to :
1)Continue your ongoing treatment
2)Start doing some mental relaxation exercises/yoga/meditation to reduce conscious or subconscious anxiety levels.
4)Get an Electrocardiogram(ECG) done and analysed by a physician/cardiologist.
3)Keep observing yourself,if such numbness happens again.
Actually,the kind of transient numbness you had, which improved on moving the fingers faster is unlikely due to some pathology.It is most likely due to anxiety or some kind of a somatization.If so,it will improve with mental relaxation exercises/meditation.
Missed beats should be evaluated by getting one Electrocardiogram(ECG) done.A cardiologist review can be taken for this.
Meanwhile, I advise you to continue your current medicines.
Hope I have answered your query.If you have some follow up queries,I shall be glad to answer else,please close the thread-rate it and write a review.
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
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