Mononeuropathy and radiculopathy

This video is part of the course Introduction to Neurology:
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[@martinharrison5850]

Your videos are great. I have had a serious neurological disorder for over 15 years. UK doctors cannot understand what it is! They have given me so many MRI scans etc etc.. and still diagnosis evades them. I learnt more from your videos than their attempts to describe a 'non-structural' disorder. Thank you, maybe I should ask them to take a look!

Your videos have given me so much perspective and a deeper understanding of Neurology! Thank you so much

[@scottcarder9543]

Dr wanted to say thank you for the detailed information on the things. You've always done fantastic educational videos

[@sandyalibel]

Thank you very much for sharing this wonderful information. Your explanation is so easy to follow for normal people like me 😊

[@totoroprime]

Mononeuropathies are related to viral infections or posviral sequelae: can L-carnitine, alfa lipoic acid and vit b complex help in this situation? Any more suggestions. I'm a medical doctor from Argentina. Greetings.

[@brendazaccardi9419]

I've had bilateral riduculopathy in my lower back, legs and feet for 41 years! Now the pain doctors in AZ won't even prescribe pain meds!! It The treatment of chronic pain patients is criminal!!

[@utube6342]

This is the first video ever that describes precisely what I have been experiencing. Thank you! Are there execersises to reduce the dermatome/myotome in the leg? My RA has slowly moved up both legs over the past five years or so. Probably doe to spondylosis. Any tips would be appreciated.

[@MatthewBJensen]

You are welcome. RA is usually shorthand for rheumatoid arthritis, which is a disorder of the musculoskeletal system instead of the nervous system. There can be some overlap in symptoms, but the pathology is different.

[@vigilantchristian6314]

@@MatthewBJensen Greeting from Australia. Really enjoy your presentations. I have recently had issues with tingling and numbing sensations in both feet and both hands. Is it common for someone to have both feet and hands occurring at the same time?

[@arminnicio4836]

What supplement, to take if this pain attack me. I remember eating 3 hoogen ice.cream, after 3 hrs attack me with the pain, I remedy it by ponding my leg and went to power leg machine relief my pain little by little. Help me compress with warm wet towel to relax my pain. Thank God it relieve my pain. No more ice cream, just ate once.

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[@zSchreckensszene]

Focal abnormalities of the PNS: Similar ytpes of abnormalities: usually affect one limb at a time Mononeuropathy: dysfunction of one nerve way out there - Presentation: somatosensory, LMN, autonomic - Causes -- median neuropathy: (most common of the nerves to the limb) --- somatosensory Sx: pain, tingling --- LMN Sx: muscle atrophy near thumb -- facial neuropathy: (most common of the nervse in the face): --- LMN Sx: Bell's Palsy: muscle weakness on one side of face: Radiculopathy: perispinal nerve lesion: dermatome and myotome are only used for teritories supplied by nerves rooted immediately in the spinal chord - Presentation: somatosensory, LMN, autonomic -- Somatosensory: --- pain (shooting down) --- numbness: dermatomal, lateral leg & emdial foot) -- LMN: weakness/wasting: myotomal in some msucles of the leg - Causes -- Sciatica (L5) --- Somatosensory: pain: rapidly descending Both: - Presentaiton -- somatosensory: PAIN, though in differnt pattern -- LMN -- autonomic - Etiology -- comression (internal or external)

[@rodacampos]

Thanks for the video! Can Mononeuropathy (at the wrist, for example) cause pain up (at the elbow, for example) ?

[@MatthewBJensen]

You're welcome. Yes, the pain of mononeuropathy can be experienced at some distance from the lesion location, like up to the elbow for median neuropathy at the wrist.

[@brendazaccardi9419]

What kind of doctor will diagnose and treat this severe pain?

[@Gayathriachari]

You can see a neurologist or nerve specialist

[@marcoking8381]

Can this put me in a wheelchair?

[@MatthewBJensen]

That would be unusual for these disorders.

[@brendazaccardi9419]

You just want to give up it's hard work, exhausting and wipes out your life savings real fast!

[@brendazaccardi9419]

It might make you want to blow your head or someone else's off! You might end up in prison for asking for a doctor to treat your pain 🥵🤯🤡