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lauraspot
lauraspot

I am 26 yrs old i first went to my doctors 18months ago with pain in my neck, at first they thought it was a traped

nerve. when i later went back and told them i had not gone away but infact was getting worse. i now have pain all the way down my left side of my body. i have pins n needles in my hand sometimes goes numb my bones hurt its as if they are being pulled and twisted i am alot weaker now in my left side also that side of my face hurts aswel my musles at the back of my shoulder and my neck often spazrm.i was sent for an xray which nothing showed up they then sent me for a neck mri scan when the scan finnished the people that did the scan on me asked me what was going on i told them and they said to me they thought i should be having a brain scan by the sound of it not a neck scan.

i am so confused my doctors say they dont know what is wrong so now just say oh you have chronic pain we think. but i dont understand why when i had my MRI why they said they thought i should be having a brain scan can anybody help me with this or give me any advise? i am so stressed out with all this i know something is not right i know my know body but its as if know body wants to find out know that they have put down that it maybe chronic paini would be so greatful if someone could explain

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  • annette11147
    annette11147 lauraspot

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    Hi I am having the same exact symptoms. My doctor wanted to do a brain MRI with contrast to rule out MS, but because of the dye being used I decided not to do it. They instead are doing a MRI on my back and neck hoping to find out what is affecting the left side. I also was having chronic pain on my left hip which would cause limping, they had found out it was bone spurs. 
  • david_50613
    david_50613 lauraspot

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    Hi there, 

    I have also had chronic pain for the past 6-7 years. It is from my neck all the wya down to my toes. I have tried physio, oseto, chiro, needles, meds ect.  My docotor has no idea what it is and it seemed to have come out of the blue.  The worst part the the most difficult part to treast are my toes which seem to splay out when i put them in shoes. I can't fit them in my normal 9 size shoes and they rub.  

    The only thing that ever gave me temporary relief was a lift on the opposite side foot that i wore and all my pain went away but only for 3 months and then eveyrthing returned.  There seems to be some sort of imbalance that is throwing off my right side body and causing it to swell up or tense up.  

    Snyone else have any ideas what are the causes, whether it starts with the foot or with the hips?

    thanks

    david 

    • mark51132
      mark51132 david_50613

      Posted

      David I also have the same thing my left foot splays out a lot. It comes from gait and poor loading patterns. Straighten up is long road but worth it I believe
    • MarieChiari
      MarieChiari david_50613

      Posted

      Hi David

      I have the same symptoms

      My research has lead me to the fact that misaligned teeth or a misaligned jaw can cause pain and muscle spasms from head to toe

      Marie

    • el17842
      el17842 MarieChiari

      Posted

      Mary,

      What type of research led you to teeth misalignment?

       

    • maureen_65564
      maureen_65564 david_50613

      Posted

      Did you ever get a answer?

      I'd like to know cuz I'm going through that now!

      I'm not getting any help from doctors and I just wonder if you ever got resolved!

    • diana59213
      diana59213 MarieChiari

      Posted

      Can you please tell me if this is true .. I know I have tmj and a tooth that has been filled numerous times due to grinding my teeth at night .. However, I never made the teeth the priority with relations to the severe muscle spasms I get in my back, lower leg, foot, and hand that knocks me on the floor with severe pain and my muscles freeze so tight I can't bear it.. I'm being referred to numerous specialists to confirm with a brain MRI for possibility of having MS, Lupus, and a rheumatologist because I know I have RA.. but doctors don't have a clue and now I'm wondering could all this stem from my jaw and/or bad tooth.. please respond .. thank you 

  • terry76710
    terry76710 lauraspot

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    I used to have the same problems .  pain on left side and also it develop into left side weakness. heat was a big factor which made things worse . I still have the same problem is but I was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis found out after when I was working I kept falling down .had a hard time coming up in the cab of the truck . I so we can I couldn't press the clutch with my left foot . then I wasn't able to eat and when I swallowed I started choking and develop pneumonia . they thought I have had a stroke . that they cleared that but the systoms not go away started having problems breathing . they call the neurologist he is the one who gave me the diagnosis and he has admitted me to the hospital for 5 days and gave me transfusions .this seemed to help a lot .I still have some pain but not as bad and weaknesses improved a lot . I hope this helps

     . terry

    • sherazgill
      sherazgill terry76710

      Posted

      what kind of transfusions he did ? plz tell me i have same symptoms but cant identify what going on with me.

       

  • murnaz
    murnaz lauraspot

    Posted

    Hi all i am new at this, i currently have the same symptoms ongoing for 10+ years now been to doctors,had scans blood tests had heart tests nothing,

    i get nausia,head aches,migranes,seeing stars,massive headspins,its funny after the massive head spins i feeel so relaxed and forget who or where i am sometimes,

    i have had a head surgery where my skull actually cracked and fluid build upand my head puffed up like a balloon when i was in teen stages which i dont remember.

    every night when i go to bed which ever position i lay my heart will race,pounding in the left side of my head,my left side will go numb and tingly,i have told doctors about this no cause found.

    for the past 6 months my head has started to hurt where i had my surgery i can feel it hurt inside then outside.

    REALLY guys i am scared to go to the doctors can anyone relate to me,give me some advise PLEASE !!!!!

     

  • janinengrant
    janinengrant lauraspot

    Posted

    I am 26 years old and my problem sounds identital. It started a year ago with my neck. It was so bad I was in a neck brace but nothing was actually wrong accoring to doctors. Its only on the left side of my body. I get severe neck/shoulder pain so bad that I can barely move sometimes. As it worses it goes to my left hip as well. Its intense shooting pains. Occationally it will also be in my ankle. My muscles and joints on my left side from my neck through my fingertips and toes will be swollen and painful. I take about 8-12 Advil a day but nothign lessens the pain. It feels like I could crack it and the pain would release, but I never can. My muscles have intense feeling knots in them that are extremely abnormal. When I go to the Chiropractor occationally he can fix the pain for about a week, but then it comes back. Sometimes he actually makes it worse. Last week I went to a different chriopractor and he said that the left and right side of my brain are not communicating. He expalined that if only one side of your body is in pain its cause by either a sugar problem, which I don't have, or a brain issue. He mentioned that if you are also ADHD or get confused sometimes by becoming overwhelmed with information then it's brain related. He bascially expalined that the right side of my brain isn't communicating with the left side of my body. He did not however tell me how to fix it yet... 
    • gosrani
      gosrani janinengrant

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      Hi janinengrant. I am 27. And I have almost the same symptoms. Pain in left side of neck, shoulder, massive knots in left side of back, pain in left leg and and ankle and big toe. I often feel if I can crack ankle it will relieve pain somewhat. Sometimes I manage to. I eben get overwhelmed with information and have ADHD. I have not seenanyone about it and it is jUST getting worse. Did u find a solution? What course action would you recommend?
    • befwitanf
      befwitanf janinengrant

      Posted

      Hey I think your symptoms are the closest to mine. After I had my first c-section is when I remember having problems. During all of my pregnancies they find a lupus indicator in my blood work but I do not actually have it. Although this makes me wonder if my problem is autoimmune. I have paon and tenderness in every inch of my left side. It does go away but always comes back. There has not been a day in 12 years i have not been in paon. I relate to you saying if you could just crack it it might feel better. I never can but I feel the same way. I have huge knots under my shoulder blades that cause so much pain. Massage just aggravates them. My gums sometimes even swell on my left side when it flares up. Do you remember the initial trigger to your pain?
    • tbay
      tbay janinengrant

      Posted

      HI Janinengrant

      I'm having exact symptoms as yours too. I Just did a vitamin D level test and waiting for results. I recently researched Vitamin D deficiency symptoms are same with most symptoms on this thread which is what I am going through. How did it go with you? The shooting pain from my shoulder to leg is very bad.

    • carlos34145
      carlos34145 befwitanf

      Posted

      Was reading this board and I had a similar experience as befwitanf they did find a lupus anti coagulant indicator and after follow up test I dont have it either.  Mine started on May 2016, they day after a long hike with my kids. I went to the hospital and i was treated as a TIA.  Hoever after 5 MRI 1 Cervical, one angiogram, EKG, neck doppler scans and gallons of blood, I am still undiagnosed.  
    • mejerry
      mejerry tbay

      Posted

      Yours is the most post I have seen. Look under Laura spot for my symptoms. have you found out anything regarding yourself?
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