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What Causes Pain In Shoulders Down To Hands?

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Posted on Mon, 7 Apr 2014
Question: I have been having much pain in my shoulders on down to my hands when I lay down to sleep at night. I have ms and I do take pain mends throughout the day also being treated for very bad lumbar pain. have had injections to help manage that pain as well as having the facet joint nerves burned. that procedure hasn't done as well as I had hoped for so we may be revisiting that procedure later this spring .tee hee if we have a spring here in northern Wisconsin. with all of the neurological junk happening to me also have slurred stuttering speech at times I am wondering if any of these symptoms are the beginning of ALS or Parkinson disease. I also have Fibromyalgia which causes lots of pain. I realize that many of these issues have all of the symptoms mentioned. very difficult to determine I
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Praveen Tayal (1 hour later)
Brief Answer: Not likely to be ALS. Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for posting your query. The symptoms that you have are not likely to be due to ALS or parkinson's disease. In ALS it is the gradually increasing muscle weakness that is more prominent. The pain is not so severe and a shooting pain radiating to the arms is typical of a nerve root compression or fibromyalgia. Parkinson's disease is a disorder of the brain that leads to shaking (tremors) and difficulty with walking, movement, and coordination. The slurring of speech that you are having can be related to mild degenerative changes in the brain or early Parkinson's . However a direct clinical examination is the best way to rule out any of these disorders. You can consult a neurologist for the same. I hope this answers your query. In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out. Wishing you good health. Regards. Dr. Praveen Tayal. For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal
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What Causes Pain In Shoulders Down To Hands?

Brief Answer: Not likely to be ALS. Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for posting your query. The symptoms that you have are not likely to be due to ALS or parkinson's disease. In ALS it is the gradually increasing muscle weakness that is more prominent. The pain is not so severe and a shooting pain radiating to the arms is typical of a nerve root compression or fibromyalgia. Parkinson's disease is a disorder of the brain that leads to shaking (tremors) and difficulty with walking, movement, and coordination. The slurring of speech that you are having can be related to mild degenerative changes in the brain or early Parkinson's . However a direct clinical examination is the best way to rule out any of these disorders. You can consult a neurologist for the same. I hope this answers your query. In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out. Wishing you good health. Regards. Dr. Praveen Tayal. For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal