Parsonage-turner syndrome

[Bam Bam]

hey i was diagnosed with this today so id like any info out there which could help me coup or recover from this.

sao you know its when your antibodies are acting like little hoodlums and attack your nerves or arteries after they battle a virus or sickness my fiesty antibodies destroyed my ulner nerve which has my right lat and upper extremity without nerve supply
the weakness has caused my scupula(shoulder blade) to wing and make me feel numbness throughout my extremity

[Tryska]

dude....autoimmune disorder huh?

let me do some research....

[Taras]

Tryska -- If you're going to do some research, you'll have better luck if you look under Parsonage-Turner syndrome.

Bam Bam -- How were you diagnosed? Did you have an EMG and nerve conduction studies? Has anybody recommended any treatment? I've never heard of this being an auto-immune problem, so I'm not sure how helpful typical treatments for auto-immune diseases would be. Typically, this clears up on its own eventually, but unfortunately eventually can take a while. You might want to see a neurologist if you haven't already. I hope you have a speedy recovery.

[Bam Bam]

yes it is parsonage my bad

i went to the neurologists today and he diagnosed me he did nerve conductions and put needles in m muscles to see if they had nerve connections

[Tryska]

heavy reading but:

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20001101/2067.html

here's another one:

http://www.emedicine.com/pmr/topic58.htm


some other names you can try looking under is "brachial neuritis" and "brachial plexus neuropathy"

[Tryska]

found another one too...this one's kinda interesting....

http://www.g8ina.enta.net/neuralgic.htm

have you gotten any vaccinations lately?

[Bam Bam]

hmm i dont thin k so i got a flu shot recently but its been after my symptoms

[Tryska]

wierd..i was mining for the info and it kept coming up with references to tetanus shots......i didn't go into it though, cuz i'm kinda busy today....but i thought that was odd.