Chef Jim Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 They do blood work for just about everything. It's kind of like if you go and ask about this crazy rash on your arm, they'll automatically go the STD route and ask you if it is somewhere else. Some things are just straight out of the how to be a doctor handbook. Not my doctor. As I mentioned I had numbness in my arm and fingers and my doctor sent me to a nerve specialist. Imagine that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 They do blood work for just about everything. It's kind of like if you go and ask about this crazy rash on your arm, they'll automatically go the STD route and ask you if it is somewhere else. Some things are just straight out of the how to be a doctor handbook. That's the CYA mentality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDH Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Not my doctor. As I mentioned I had numbness in my arm and fingers and my doctor sent me to a nerve specialist. Imagine that. I have the same thing. My doc did an x-ray of my neck and found I have two compressed disks. I'm now in physical therapy stretching and doing exercises and hoping this somehow prevents nerves from being pinched by compressed disks... I will say the electro-therapy works wonders but that just seems to treat the symptoms, not the cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Go see the doctor. Could be you are just missing the old flame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanM.D. Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I'm no doctor and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express either but why do a blood test for a potential nerve issue? It's reasonable to start with blood work. Lots of infectious causes (lyme for example) can produce neuropathy. Vitamin deficiencies (B12) can produce neuropathies. Medical illness such as undiagnosed diabetes, thyroid concerns, rheumatologic concerns, just to name a few. Sometimes these things happen in the setting of viral infections i.e. bad colds, flu. Given his reported symptoms were diffuse (arms, hands, legs) it makes a focal source (a single pinched nerve or point of compression) less likely. They do blood work for just about everything. It's kind of like if you go and ask about this crazy rash on your arm, they'll automatically go the STD route and ask you if it is somewhere else. Some things are just straight out of the how to be a doctor handbook. Wait a minute....nobody told me there was a handbook. That's the CYA mentality. It actually seems like a reasonable approach based on what has been presented. My only advice to the Captain.....Follow your doctor's instructions/recommendations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I didn't mean to imply that the blood tests were unwarranted. The other situation that I mentioned is something that I'm sure annoys a ton of people, but blood work is definitely very important in many cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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