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Pain in shoulder and wrist nerve damage?

ConnieHolley
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Dec 30, 2012 - 12:00 am

Can someone please help me with this my husband has spent the last two weeks in the hospital with pain in his arms and shoulders that is unbearable.  Our general md thinks it is nerve damage however, the oncologist seems to not by that it is nerve damage.  Has anyone experience and if so what did you do?

 

HELP

 

connie
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Dec 30, 2012 - 1:03 pm
Connie

Sorry to hear about your husband's situation. I had difficulty and discomfort in one shoulder but nothing like you are describing. Physical therapy resolved my issue. I don't recall reading any postings on such pain but maybe someon will chime in. Hopefully, your husband will get a quick dx and relief soon.
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Kent Cass
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Dec 31, 2012 - 4:09 am
arm pain

Ulnar nerve runs from the spine across the shoulder and down the arm to the little finger's tip, and if there were rads applied to the base area of the Cervical area of the spine- perhaps the pain is the result of damage/changes in the spinal area with that nerve, or maybe another matter that has left a spot on that nerve, or another, exposed to aggravation. I have been told recently that arthritis has developed between 5&6 and 6&7 of my Cervical, and the rads have been noted as a possible cause- though I've had problems with the Ulnar dating back to some 6 years before my first rad. Could also be your case- that a problem already existed, to a degree, and tx furthered that problem to a larger degree.

 

kcass