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What Causes Numbness In My Arms?

I am a heavy drinker, on high blood pressure meds, I work in a high stress job, am overweight. I have recently experienced numbness and pain in my left are throughout the day and night, and as night both arms are numb. I should stop drinking, lose weight, and exercise. Should the numbness stop once I stop drinking, and lose weight? If not how serious could this be?
Thu, 17 Jul 2014
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HI THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR QUERY ON HEALTH CARE MAGIC.
GOING BY YOUR CLINICAL HISTORY, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT ALL YOUR SYMPTOMS ARE MOST LIKELY ATTRIBUTED TO ALCOHOL TOXICITY..PARTIALLY THEY CAN BE ALSO ATTRIBUTED TO GROSS BLOOD PRESSURE VARIATIONS.
ALCOHOL IS A POTENT NEUROTOXIN.AT HIGH BLOOD DOSES IT CAN CAUSE PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY DUE TO ALCOHOL INDUCED LARGE NERVE FIBER NEURITIS.PAIN IN THE THE LIMBS CAN BE SECONDARY TO EXCESS WORKLOAD ON HEART,CAUSED BY ALCOHOL INDUCED "DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY".I SUGGEST AT ONCE THAT YOU UNDERGO FEW HEALTH TESTS WHICH CAN DEFINE YOUR HEALTH STATUS PRECISELY.THESE ARE BLOOD LIPIDS,2-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY.,ECG.MRI CERVICAL SPINE IS USEFUL IN CASE IF SYMPTOMS DO NOT RESOLVE.TREATMENT PROTOCOL INCLUDES CHOLESTEROL LOWERING DRUGS,PREGABALIN,TRAMADOL.PANTOPRAZOLE.I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU TO QUIT ALCOHOL,GO FOR REGULAR EXERCISE,LOOSE WEIGHT.CONSULT AN EXPERT NEUROLOGIST FOR FURTHER HELP.
THANK YOU.
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What Causes Numbness In My Arms?

HI THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR QUERY ON HEALTH CARE MAGIC. GOING BY YOUR CLINICAL HISTORY, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT ALL YOUR SYMPTOMS ARE MOST LIKELY ATTRIBUTED TO ALCOHOL TOXICITY..PARTIALLY THEY CAN BE ALSO ATTRIBUTED TO GROSS BLOOD PRESSURE VARIATIONS. ALCOHOL IS A POTENT NEUROTOXIN.AT HIGH BLOOD DOSES IT CAN CAUSE PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY DUE TO ALCOHOL INDUCED LARGE NERVE FIBER NEURITIS.PAIN IN THE THE LIMBS CAN BE SECONDARY TO EXCESS WORKLOAD ON HEART,CAUSED BY ALCOHOL INDUCED DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY .I SUGGEST AT ONCE THAT YOU UNDERGO FEW HEALTH TESTS WHICH CAN DEFINE YOUR HEALTH STATUS PRECISELY.THESE ARE BLOOD LIPIDS,2-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY.,ECG.MRI CERVICAL SPINE IS USEFUL IN CASE IF SYMPTOMS DO NOT RESOLVE.TREATMENT PROTOCOL INCLUDES CHOLESTEROL LOWERING DRUGS,PREGABALIN,TRAMADOL.PANTOPRAZOLE.I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU TO QUIT ALCOHOL,GO FOR REGULAR EXERCISE,LOOSE WEIGHT.CONSULT AN EXPERT NEUROLOGIST FOR FURTHER HELP. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE