Tingling behind elbow

Marcia Rovins said:

This is really strange, but when I gently touch the rib
just below my right breast, I get pins and needles behind
my right elbow.

Then don't do that.

anon said:

Marcia Rovins said:

This is really strange, but when I gently touch the rib
just below my right breast, I get pins and needles
behind my right elbow.

Then don't do that.

LOL. I wish it was that easy. Someone mentioned a gall
bladder problem, and that's what is starting to concern me.

Marcia

Marcia Rovins said:

This is really strange, but when I gently touch the rib
just below my right breast, I get pins and needles behind
my right elbow. At first, I thought it was a pinched nerve,
but now I don't know what to think. Any ideas???

Hmmm... you may need to consult with an electrician and have
your wiring checked.

When I tap just the right spot under the medial portion of
my zygomatic arch, I feel a twitch right under the
ipsilateral medial canthus of the eye. I think this might be
normal in people but I've never investigated it further.

I remember a patient whose left thigh would adduct when I
tapped his right patellar tendon. I have no idea what kind
of crossed wires he had in his spine but it sure was
something else.

Anyway, back to your problem: Sometimes nerves get damaged
and, as the axons regrow along the original pathways, some
can cross over and join other nerves. For example, some
babies get their necks stretched during delivery and have
nerve damage to the brachial plexus that gradually returns
to normal, but sometimes nerves to the diaphragm and to the
shoulder muscles cross during this time, and one can
demonstrate rhythmic activation of muscle fibers of the
deltoid with normal respiration.

I wonder if your sensory nerves got criss-crossed somehow?
The problem is, though, that the nerves to the elbow and to
the lower chest come from completely different parts of the
spine. Also, nerves are very tough and it usually takes a
substantial amount of trauma to damage them, so don't go
thinking a simple fall or fistfight you were involved in
caused this.

PF

PF Riley said:

Marcia Rovins said:

This is really strange, but when I gently touch the rib
just below my right breast, I get pins and needles behind
my right elbow. At first, I thought it was a pinched
nerve, but now I don't know what to think. Any ideas???

Hmmm... you may need to consult with an electrician and
have your wiring checked.

When I tap just the right spot under the medial portion of
my zygomatic arch, I feel a twitch right under the
ipsilateral medial canthus of the eye. I think this might
be normal in people but I've never investigated it
further.

Darn--am I going to have to look at my old
neuroanatomy texts? I think the infraorbital n. is
only sensory. The foramen is on the anterior surf.
of the zygomatic bone though, not on the arch...

Steve

Quoted message said:

I remember a patient whose left thigh would adduct when I
tapped his right patellar tendon. I have no idea what kind
of crossed wires he had in his spine but it sure was
something else.

Anyway, back to your problem: Sometimes nerves get damaged
and, as the axons regrow along the original pathways, some
can cross over and join other nerves. For example, some
babies get their necks stretched during delivery and have
nerve damage to the brachial plexus that gradually returns
to normal, but sometimes nerves to the diaphragm and to
the shoulder muscles cross during this time, and one can
demonstrate rhythmic activation of muscle fibers of the
deltoid with normal respiration.

I wonder if your sensory nerves got criss-crossed somehow?
The problem is, though, that the nerves to the elbow and
to the lower chest come from completely different parts of
the spine. Also, nerves are very tough and it usually
takes a substantial amount of trauma to damage them, so
don't go thinking a simple fall or fistfight you were
involved in caused this.

PF