I want to the doctor but I can't describe my symptoms.

[AlphaMale]

I have this weird feeling at the top of my forearms, right below my elbow. Right of the beginning of my forearm. The weird feeling is mostly in my right arm and it is a bit in the left too. The strange thing is that it mostly effects me when I'm laying down to go to sleep. I tried stimulating blood flow to the arms by shaking them quickly to see if there was a change in the sensation related to change in blood flow and I didn't feel anything, but that might not be a good test. I want to just go to the doctor but I can't describe the feeling at all.

I did realize something right now, my girlfriend laid her head down there for about two hours today. But that was only my right arm and not my left.

Anyone ever feel anything that could be similar to this?

I don't think I feel tingling or needles or anything.
Maybe I would describe it as constricting? It is inside my arm, starting from the ligaments. The arms seem to function fine.

Thanks.

[hbarcat]

Maybe it's a tumor.

[Chriss62]

Originally Posted by hbarcat

Maybe it's a tumor.

"It's not ah tumah!!

[fenderhutz]

Too much salt.

Stop eating fast food and eat some dark green vegetables.

[T-Bird]

Hi.

^Yep, or too little, that would be my guess also. Chemical inbalance does weird things to our bodies.

You might try some kind of (real) sports drink, one that restores salts and carbon hydrates after a workout.

Regards
Sam

[AlphaMale]

Word thanks guys. Better than Web MD

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Could be a number of things, is it near enough to be classed as on the joint? I get twinges in my elbows these days, ever since helping my parents move house, moving old antique furniture with an angsty teenage brother isnt fun .

Could be muscular, could be the joint, could be neural. Is it worse in either side? Does it twitch, or is it more cramp like? Or does it just plain not feel right?

[Ericman197]

Originally Posted by AlphaMale

I have this weird feeling at the top of my forearms, right below my elbow. Right of the beginning of my forearm. The weird feeling is mostly in my right arm and it is a bit in the left too. The strange thing is that it mostly effects me when I'm laying down to go to sleep. I tried stimulating blood flow to the arms by shaking them quickly to see if there was a change in the sensation related to change in blood flow and I didn't feel anything, but that might not be a good test. I want to just go to the doctor but I can't describe the feeling at all.

I did realize something right now, my girlfriend laid her head down there for about two hours today. But that was only my right arm and not my left.

Anyone ever feel anything that could be similar to this?

I don't think I feel tingling or needles or anything.
Maybe I would describe it as constricting? It is inside my arm, starting from the ligaments. The arms seem to function fine.

Thanks.

It shouldn't matter if you can't describe it - a good doctor will be able to elicit something from you. Your condition doesn't sound terribly serious, but if it bothers you or worsens, you should see a doctor.

If the feeling is on both sides, I would tend to think it's a spinal cord problem. But in your case this is pretty unlikely. The feeling on your left arm may be psychosomatic - your right arm feels weird, and you try to compare it to your left, but then you're not sure that your left arm is totally normal either.

Just to check, where is the feeling exactly?

Anterior forearm:


Or on the opposite side?

My guess is your girlfriend was laying her head in the cubital fossa (the elbow-pit if you will), and you have a little medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve compression (it's a nerve that passes right over the median cubital vein and innervates the pinky side of your forearm).

The damage is not likely to be permanent, but if the numbness/tingling persist, you should of course see a doctor (because it may mean some other, more serious problem). But you'll probably be fine.

Do you have any other numbness/tingling/other weird feeling on the pinky side of your forearm? or in your hand?

[Yango]

The symptoms you describe sound EXACTLY like this...

[AlphaMale]

Originally Posted by Ericman197

It shouldn't matter if you can't describe it - a good doctor will be able to elicit something from you. Your condition doesn't sound terribly serious, but if it bothers you or worsens, you should see a doctor.

If the feeling is on both sides, I would tend to think it's a spinal cord problem. But in your case this is pretty unlikely. The feeling on your left arm may be psychosomatic - your right arm feels weird, and you try to compare it to your left, but then you're not sure that your left arm is totally normal either.

It's difficult to guess what area you're talking about exactly, but most likely it's just some mild 5nerve compression that will repair itself.

Just to check, where is the feeling exactly?

Anterior forearm:


Or on the opposite side?

My guess is your girlfriend was laying her head in the cubital fossa (the elbow-pit if you will), and you have a little medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve compression (it's a nerve that passes right over the median cubital vein and innervates the pinky side of your forearm).

The damage is not likely to be permanent, but if the numbness/tingling persist, you should of course see a doctor (because it may mean some other, more serious problem).

Nice. It has went away but this has happened once before (she might have laid her head in my arm then too) but yeah I think it might have been nerve compression also, I was going to say it but I didn't want to diagnose myself too much since I'm not a doctor. I'm feeling it in the elbow pit kind of in the left corner of the triangle down. It actually feels pretty fine now. And I think I might have induced the discomfort in my left arm by stretching it out pretty hard trying to see how it would react. It was a lot stronger in my right arm. Thanks man. I think we solved it.

[mike_v_s]

I had a "numbness" in underside of my left forearm and the bottom two fingers of that hand. It ended up being driving position and the pressure on my elbow with the armrest in a new car. It also took about 5 days to disapate after it was diagnosed and I corrected my arm placement. Give it time and don't rule out anything.

Mike

[benthughes]

Damn. That picture of my arm is all over the internet these days.

[Ericman197]

Originally Posted by mike_v_s

I had a "numbness" in underside of my left forearm and the bottom two fingers of that hand. It ended up being driving position and the pressure on my elbow with the armrest in a new car. It also took about 5 days to disapate after it was diagnosed and I corrected my arm placement. Give it time and don't rule out anything.

Mike

Ulnar nerve! Was the numbness in your entire ring finger, or more biased towards the pinky side?

Alphamale: What you describe is more or less the path of that nerve. Just try not to do it again. Compressing a nerve like that isn't particularly harmful, but it will make you feel like you have a problem. There are a couple of places where the arm is especially vulnerable. Some of them (covering my bases here!) are the palm side of your wrist (median nerve), the area towards the inside of the elbow/funny bone (ulnar nerve), the cubital fossa/elbowpit (medial antebrachial cutaneous), and the armpit (brachial plexus: every nerve of the arm). For example if you use crutches improperly, or overstretch your arm (such as hanging from a cliff for dear life with one arm) you can damage a lot of nerves. Compression is bad, but stretching/tearing will really cause trouble.

In some cases compression can cause (semi)permanent nerve damage (Saturday Night Palsy). Someone who is very drunk or on drugs may pass out with his arm in a peculiar position (classically draped over a chair), cutting off circulation and compressing the nerve. Depending on where the compression occurred, and how long... the damage can be quite severe. For that reason I don't like passing out; I'd rather sober up somewhat before I go to bed if I have been drinking.

[bradjonesbass]

I read the headline and immediately thought of... "let me get this straight. You say you have a burning sensation when you urinate?"