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What Causes Tingling And Numbness On The Left Side Of The Body?

For the past four years The left side of my body is tingling and gets numb. It seems circulatory but no doctor can give me an explanation. It seems tO be getting worse. What do you think it could be. Please, I'm desperate for an answer. This problem is starting to affect every aspect of my life. I'm only 21.
Tue, 16 Sep 2014
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Good evening. I am Dr. Saghafi and a neurologist. I think the reason people aren't able to give you a satisfactory answer to your question is because what you may be expecting is something they can't do. Numbness over 1/2 of your body in know way suggests a circulatory problem. Therefore, you will not find a single doctor that can give you a good answer if you're expecting to hear that it's in the circulation somewhere...uh uh....What you really need to do is get to a doctor and then, TAKE THEIR ADVICE to be referred to a specialist who can perform studies and tests in order TO KNOW what's going on...guessing on a network like this doesn't do you much good since the information available is incomplete to make a diagnosis and there are literally hundreds (no joke) if not thousands of medical entities that can give a person numbness and tingling over a portion of the body. So, hazarding a guess here young lady is definitely not to your benefit.

If you take my advice and get to your primary care physician who can decide what the best next step should be and then, bring back information in the way of test results, imaging studies of the head, etc. and upload them, I'd be happy to look at them and help you figure out what's going on if your doctor is stumped.

You can look me up at by name (DARIUSH SAGHAFI, MD- Cleveland, Ohio, USA) at: http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-dariush-saghafi/68474

Alternatively, if you'd like a personal real time webcam consultation which can be done either through videocam (great if you'd like to get a virtual neurological examination done), instant live texting, or audio consultation you can find me on Wed.-Sat's 3a-6a (New York City Time Zone) and Sunday's 11p-3a at:

www.healthtap.com/drsaghafi

If this answer has helped you gain a bit more insight (at least in why you SHOULDN'T use the internet to simply LOOK up symptoms) into your question would you consider giving a STAR RATING? That would be truly AWESOME of you and maybe we'll catch each other on the flip soon if you decide you wanna come back and see if I'm really this FUNNY in real life! ROFLMBO! Huh???----- Cheers! Be good....
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What Causes Tingling And Numbness On The Left Side Of The Body?

Good evening. I am Dr. Saghafi and a neurologist. I think the reason people aren t able to give you a satisfactory answer to your question is because what you may be expecting is something they can t do. Numbness over 1/2 of your body in know way suggests a circulatory problem. Therefore, you will not find a single doctor that can give you a good answer if you re expecting to hear that it s in the circulation somewhere...uh uh....What you really need to do is get to a doctor and then, TAKE THEIR ADVICE to be referred to a specialist who can perform studies and tests in order TO KNOW what s going on...guessing on a network like this doesn t do you much good since the information available is incomplete to make a diagnosis and there are literally hundreds (no joke) if not thousands of medical entities that can give a person numbness and tingling over a portion of the body. So, hazarding a guess here young lady is definitely not to your benefit. If you take my advice and get to your primary care physician who can decide what the best next step should be and then, bring back information in the way of test results, imaging studies of the head, etc. and upload them, I d be happy to look at them and help you figure out what s going on if your doctor is stumped. You can look me up at by name (DARIUSH SAGHAFI, MD- Cleveland, Ohio, USA) at: http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-dariush-saghafi/68474 Alternatively, if you d like a personal real time webcam consultation which can be done either through videocam (great if you d like to get a virtual neurological examination done), instant live texting, or audio consultation you can find me on Wed.-Sat s 3a-6a (New York City Time Zone) and Sunday s 11p-3a at: www.healthtap.com/drsaghafi If this answer has helped you gain a bit more insight (at least in why you SHOULDN T use the internet to simply LOOK up symptoms) into your question would you consider giving a STAR RATING? That would be truly AWESOME of you and maybe we ll catch each other on the flip soon if you decide you wanna come back and see if I m really this FUNNY in real life! ROFLMBO! Huh???----- Cheers! Be good....