Dear Comrades,
I do believe we've stumbled upon a new disease for the 21st century.
I, too, feared heart attack and diabetes, but I'm convinced this nerve damage is a virus we caught from the computers. It's the tingling sensation computer virus nerve damage disease, or The Thinker disease, because that's how you get it, with your chin in your hand, thinking all day.
In front of a computer screen, your right hand is on a mouse and your left elbow is bent on the table, with your head resting on the palm of your left hand. That's the internet reading pose. The added weight of your head on your arm ends in a nerve in the bent elbow resting on the hard desk. That's what we're doing wrong. Sitting all day, chin on our hands, staring at the screen as we navigate knowledge with our little mice. In my case, that is also the smoking cigarette pose, so the poor nerve in my elbow gets no rest ever.
I guess the answer is to get up, get of the house, stretch the muscles on that side and find a new way to sit at the computer. I'm thinking of switching from the keyboard to a laptop that uses a mouse pad instead of a mouse. That, or just keep my elbow of the table.
I think the real trick would be to get a new life that didn't involve sitting at a computer screen with one hand on the mouse and the other holding up my head so I don't give up entirely.
If anyone figures out a magic bullet, let me know. I wonder how many generations before Rodan's The Thinker tingling sensation computer virus nerve damage disease overtakes us all?
Raise your tired left arm to join me in a class action suit against IBM, Dell and Microsoft for selling us these infernal machines!
In Solidarity,
Mr. Bo Tingles
I do believe we've stumbled upon a new disease for the 21st century.
I, too, feared heart attack and diabetes, but I'm convinced this nerve damage is a virus we caught from the computers. It's the tingling sensation computer virus nerve damage disease, or The Thinker disease, because that's how you get it, with your chin in your hand, thinking all day.
In front of a computer screen, your right hand is on a mouse and your left elbow is bent on the table, with your head resting on the palm of your left hand. That's the internet reading pose. The added weight of your head on your arm ends in a nerve in the bent elbow resting on the hard desk. That's what we're doing wrong. Sitting all day, chin on our hands, staring at the screen as we navigate knowledge with our little mice. In my case, that is also the smoking cigarette pose, so the poor nerve in my elbow gets no rest ever.
I guess the answer is to get up, get of the house, stretch the muscles on that side and find a new way to sit at the computer. I'm thinking of switching from the keyboard to a laptop that uses a mouse pad instead of a mouse. That, or just keep my elbow of the table.
I think the real trick would be to get a new life that didn't involve sitting at a computer screen with one hand on the mouse and the other holding up my head so I don't give up entirely.
If anyone figures out a magic bullet, let me know. I wonder how many generations before Rodan's The Thinker tingling sensation computer virus nerve damage disease overtakes us all?
Raise your tired left arm to join me in a class action suit against IBM, Dell and Microsoft for selling us these infernal machines!
In Solidarity,
Mr. Bo Tingles
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Hi, I am a 30 year old female and also have numbness in left arm, hand and face also. It happens all of a sudden. The first instance I had was a month ago and then it happened yesterday and today. I was sent to er after first time and they ran a ct scan and ekg. they said everything was fine. My spleen is also enlarged and they sent me to have a ct scan of my stomach to see why and they said to rule out lymphoma cancer. I am not sure if they are related or not. It is very scary when this happens though. Let me know if anyone finds out anything.
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Did you feel any numbness or strange sensation at the bottom of lip down to the chin, right where the hand would rest? i too am having numbness and since I assume the same position as you, I may have the same thing. the tip of my thumb has the same feeling as well. It is only on the left side of my body. It has lasted for 1 and a half months. It doesnt get worse it does come and go and when i think it is gone it is back again. It isnt really numb. but there is some sort of sensation that is not normal.
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Too all of you,
I'm currently a chiropractic student who have studied such cases with major similarities to all of your symptoms. This could be caused by a nerve impingement in your cervical/lumbar vertebrae. This simply means that your vertebrae have been misaligned, and put pressure on a nerve that causes lack of communication between from your brain to the nerve that radiates out your spine and communicates with your pinky/numbess of what ever area you have all described.
This could also be a neuropathy in which a nerve is impinged as well. There are many different things you can look up. Peripheral Neuropathy, Brachial Plexus (which illustrates how certain nerves ranging from your spine supply numerous muscles of your entire arm/shoulder/wrist fingers).
Please go as some of the people have said to a chiropractor to be examined. I'm simply saying that not always is surgery needed or is a disease needed to be classified with problems such as all you have described.
Chiropractic is an alternative method, and very worthwhile, goodluck to all of you.
Ryan (student of chiropractic, former student of pharmacy)
I'm currently a chiropractic student who have studied such cases with major similarities to all of your symptoms. This could be caused by a nerve impingement in your cervical/lumbar vertebrae. This simply means that your vertebrae have been misaligned, and put pressure on a nerve that causes lack of communication between from your brain to the nerve that radiates out your spine and communicates with your pinky/numbess of what ever area you have all described.
This could also be a neuropathy in which a nerve is impinged as well. There are many different things you can look up. Peripheral Neuropathy, Brachial Plexus (which illustrates how certain nerves ranging from your spine supply numerous muscles of your entire arm/shoulder/wrist fingers).
Please go as some of the people have said to a chiropractor to be examined. I'm simply saying that not always is surgery needed or is a disease needed to be classified with problems such as all you have described.
Chiropractic is an alternative method, and very worthwhile, goodluck to all of you.
Ryan (student of chiropractic, former student of pharmacy)
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I've had the above symptoms for about a week now. They mainly feel like i've fallen asleep on my arm and am just starting to get feeling back - a slight tingling and numbness and general weakness in the left hand.
After looking at some of the suggestions on here, compression of the ulnar nerve seems the most likely cause as I banged my humerous (funny bone) a couple of times in quick succession last week and the symptoms began the day after.
I'm having acupuncture for the problem tomorrow but can anyone recommend any other type of treatment?
After looking at some of the suggestions on here, compression of the ulnar nerve seems the most likely cause as I banged my humerous (funny bone) a couple of times in quick succession last week and the symptoms began the day after.
I'm having acupuncture for the problem tomorrow but can anyone recommend any other type of treatment?
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Hi all,
I have the same symptoms that many of you have described: numb/tingly left hand - especially my pinky and the pinky-half of my hand. Sometimes it extends further up my arm. I have had it for a few weeks now, and although it is not painful, it is quite an intense and tingly numb sensation.
Rather than looking at things like water/food/medication to find the source of this problem, I think you will find the real reason in the fact that we are all using the computer to try and diagnose ourselves. These symptoms are caused by pressuure on certain nerves - caused by leaning on your elbow, sleeping funny, or from using a computer (among other possible things).
See info on: Ulnar_nerve_entrapment, Carpal_tunnel_syndrome and Radial_nerve
I hope this helps some of you isolate where your problem originated (do you sleep with your arm squashed under you? Do you lean on your elbow with your head on your hand when you are using the computer? Do your wrists rest on the desk while you type?).
Solly.
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I have the same symptoms that many of you have described: numb/tingly left hand - especially my pinky and the pinky-half of my hand. Sometimes it extends further up my arm. I have had it for a few weeks now, and although it is not painful, it is quite an intense and tingly numb sensation.
Rather than looking at things like water/food/medication to find the source of this problem, I think you will find the real reason in the fact that we are all using the computer to try and diagnose ourselves. These symptoms are caused by pressuure on certain nerves - caused by leaning on your elbow, sleeping funny, or from using a computer (among other possible things).
See info on: Ulnar_nerve_entrapment, Carpal_tunnel_syndrome and Radial_nerve
I hope this helps some of you isolate where your problem originated (do you sleep with your arm squashed under you? Do you lean on your elbow with your head on your hand when you are using the computer? Do your wrists rest on the desk while you type?).
Solly.
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Hi, interesting replies. 1 thg. we all have in common is major use of Internet, fast typing, *prolonged* typing, and I'd gather... STRESS.
I have had numbness/tingling then swelling in my fingers when I hold something cold for a few minutes-- cold orange, pint of ice cream. ;-)
What I realized was that this came on after I had been typing like a banshee for an extended 2-wk. period. ~DEADLINES!~ So, I had MAJOR TENDONITIS from typing too much. I knew that.
But as the soreness subsided, I'd begin to have these tingling/numbness. I KNOW THIS HAS TO BE FROM TYPING TOO MUCH.
Not to mention that I used a power massager (lots of good vibrations) from Walgreen's (the pink or purple kind that is 3-pronged and looks like an alien) on my hands to help w/ the tendonitis and NOW, I learn that if you do it too much, it can affect the nerves. I've stopped my wonderful massage-- for now-- but my tendonitis has affected my circulation.
All that inflammation ain't good.
What I'm gonna do after listening to you all is REALLY LIMIT my typing on the computer AND I'm going to do more yoga and exercise to help w/ relaxation and stretching. I don't want drugs or surgery.
I know we all have heavy computer use in common.
Let's take care of ourselves.
I have had numbness/tingling then swelling in my fingers when I hold something cold for a few minutes-- cold orange, pint of ice cream. ;-)
What I realized was that this came on after I had been typing like a banshee for an extended 2-wk. period. ~DEADLINES!~ So, I had MAJOR TENDONITIS from typing too much. I knew that.
But as the soreness subsided, I'd begin to have these tingling/numbness. I KNOW THIS HAS TO BE FROM TYPING TOO MUCH.
Not to mention that I used a power massager (lots of good vibrations) from Walgreen's (the pink or purple kind that is 3-pronged and looks like an alien) on my hands to help w/ the tendonitis and NOW, I learn that if you do it too much, it can affect the nerves. I've stopped my wonderful massage-- for now-- but my tendonitis has affected my circulation.
All that inflammation ain't good.
What I'm gonna do after listening to you all is REALLY LIMIT my typing on the computer AND I'm going to do more yoga and exercise to help w/ relaxation and stretching. I don't want drugs or surgery.
I know we all have heavy computer use in common.
Let's take care of ourselves.
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What about doing yoga for this or getting a deep tissue massage? It might get everything back into alignment.
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I've actually got a callous on my left elbow from where I lean on it all day - sometimes 14 hours at the computer - and I'm pretty sure the 'pinky-half' of my left hand being intermittently numb and tingly is almost certainly due to my pinching the nerve under my elbow all day by leaning on it - which I've made a concerted effort to stop - but I know when I'm doing it because after just a minute or so my left hand starts tingling, so it's a tough habit to break
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I started with a numb pinky finger while on Vacation that when I got home spread up into the side of my hand and up my left arm and onto the left side of my face, neck and scalp.. Ive been rushed to emergency twice, had MRI, CT scan, Blood work, seen a Neurologist, and still have no answers, all my resluts were fine. I was told that it is mostly likely not stressed related, but I think thats exactly what has been causing it. I have been having really bad anxiety almost along side my numbing symptoms. I find it odd that there is this many people experiencing this and the doctors still have no answers at all. Thank god its almost definitly not life threatning but it is still hard to live with when your left side is numb and you dont know why. Hopefully someone will finally be diagnosed and share with us so we can all get cured!!! Good luck everyone.
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I have the same problem (left pinky/hand is numb/tingly) As I was reading this I saw someone mentioned about the ulnar nerve. I stopped at that momemt and examined my posture, My head was in my left hand and my elbow was on the very edge of my desk. This explains it, cause I was doing a lot of research last night on the computer and was in the same posture.
Problem Solved.
:-D
Problem Solved.
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It is most likely MS
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Hello, I hope someone can help me. I've had this sensation in my left hand for a few weeks and it has never stopped. I also feel numbness of differing degrees on my whole left side, but my fingers; pinky and ring finger are always this way. This morning I am able to type this but can almost feel nothing with my pinky.
Does anyone know what would cause this? I'm read lots of things in here about this. I went to google and this site popped up. *** Please, someone contact me if they feel the same. Susan
Does anyone know what would cause this? I'm read lots of things in here about this. I went to google and this site popped up. *** Please, someone contact me if they feel the same. Susan
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Hello, I hope someone can help me. I've had this sensation in my left hand for a few weeks and it has never stopped. I also feel numbness of differing degrees on my whole left side, but my fingers; pinky and ring finger are always this way. This morning I am able to type this but can almost feel nothing with my pinky.
Does anyone know what would cause this? I'm read lots of things in here about this. I went to google and this site popped up. Please, someone contact me if they feel the same. Susan
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Does anyone know what would cause this? I'm read lots of things in here about this. I went to google and this site popped up. Please, someone contact me if they feel the same. Susan
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OH GOD! I can't take it anymore!!! Every morning it's so bad my left arm and bottom hand to pinky and ring finger is so numb and tingly!
Am I gonna die!!!?? No other symptoms. I'm a big time 21 yr old bodybuilder!
Am I gonna die!!!?? No other symptoms. I'm a big time 21 yr old bodybuilder!
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