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1). Cervical Radiculopathy: Diagnosing a Pinched Nerve in the Neck
When a nerve is pinched in the neck’s spinal column, pain can be such a prominent symptom that more subtle, but diagnostic, aspects are overlooked.
By way of background, the spinal cord in the neck is connected to the nerves of the arms through pairs of spinal nerves. These spinal nerves, also known as roots or “radicles,” transmit incoming messages (electrical impulses) from the arms’ nerves concerning sensations of touch, pain, heat and cold on various patches of skin.
Article tags: cervical, radiculopathy, root, pinch, disk, herniated, slipped, emg, mri, myelogram, electromyogram, nerve conduction, diagnosis, weakness, numbness
2). Thigh on Fire: Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Neuropathy
At the age of 32 Sigmund Freud developed a new problem. Pricking and other unpleasant sensations had overtaken the skin on the outer side of his right thigh. Walking made his symptoms worse. The affected skin was exquisitely sensitive to touch and even the usual rubbing of his underclothes irritated the area.
Seven years later in 1895, when Freud wrote up his self-observations for a German medical journal, the abnormal sensations were still present, but had migrated.
Article tags: lateral femoral cutaneous, neuropathy, meralgia, sigmund freud, thigh, numb, pregnancy, obesity, emg, electromyography, nerve conduction, entrapment, pinched nerve, diagnosis, treatment, spinal nerve, femoral