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What Causes Difficulty In Swallowing And Numbness In Hands?

hello my name is randy my girlfriend sarah is 27 years old about three years ago she started having trouble swallowing... she s learned to kinda deal with it sense noone could help with it... now about a month agothe bigger tendon on the right side of her neck started feeling tight or tense she sense started going to the chiropractor because I read some stuff online were there was a few cases of dificulty swallowing dyspagia cured by chiropractors.. she been adjusted 3 or 4 times and now boths sides and the whole front of her neck the tendons are tight or tense she says... at time she even gets tingleing in her arms and hands and legs leading to numbness and a couple time her hands like locked up and she couldn t move them.. we ve been to the er for these things 5 or 6 times and nothing has been much help the tendons in here neck have been like this for a solid month at least with no reliefe and we dnt know what to do we ve have schedualed appointments they just can t come soon enough....
Wed, 12 Feb 2014
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Hi. This looks to be problem related to the spine for which you need to undergo MRI for the status of the spine, spinal cord, muscles . There may be a collection pressing on the esophagus. A proper diagnosis will lead to prope treatment. Chiropractor may not help ; can harm.
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What Causes Difficulty In Swallowing And Numbness In Hands?

Hi. This looks to be problem related to the spine for which you need to undergo MRI for the status of the spine, spinal cord, muscles . There may be a collection pressing on the esophagus. A proper diagnosis will lead to prope treatment. Chiropractor may not help ; can harm.