Is There a Doctor is the house?

[Guest msclonly]

Differenctial Diagnosis

 

Heart Attack- sharp shooting pain.

 

Nerve pain - dull acing pain.

 

Numbess may indicate decreased circulation from sleeping position, or a pinched nerve.

[Candyman]

Or could it be he just slept wrong---who did you sleep with?

if it was Kritian or Rick or Tony Cummings then you didn't sleep wrong

if you slept alone then just give your hand a rest and stop playing with yourself}(

[bigguyinpasadena]

Msclonly gives the correct info here-most likely poor circulation.

I have invested in these new air circulation wraps(for my legs) and they are helping.For the hands my theripist recomends squeezing a rubber ball(about the size of a tennis ball)

Getting old is not a lot of fun-but,as they say,it is beter than the alternative.

[Bilbo]

If it is not the whole hand, other possibilities arise. If two fingers are going numb - If it is the ring finger and pinky it means something different than if it is the pointer and the fuck finger. Unfortunately, I don't remember which is which but one combo could indicate a pinched nerve in the shoulder/neck area and the other could indicate carpal tunnel syndrome. I am not a doctor, merely tring to remember what one told me once, or, for one thing, I would remember which is which.

[Boston Guy]

HB:

 

In the movies, heart attacks are rapid, sudden events. The poor victim clutches his chest, gasps for air and falls to the floor.

 

This can happen in real life. But it doesn't have to happen this way. In fact, most don't. They start slowly and the pain that's associated with them can vary in intensity -- or be non-existent. Instead of pain, the person might feel pressure in his or her chest, ranging from a mild squeezing to a heavy weight.

 

If there is pain, it can range from very mild to sharp and intense or instead feel like a burning sensation. And the location of the pain can also vary, from the classic position in the chest, to the neck or jaw, or be located in the arms or shoulders or even in the back.

 

Sometimes, the only discomfort will be lightheadedness or shortness of breath or perhaps some nausea. And, yes, numbness in the arm or hand could be caused by a heart attack. Or the person might be very anxious or nervous, with cold, sweaty, skin.

 

Obviously, all of these symptoms could also indicate something else -- or nothing at all. But people who feel these symptoms shouldn't just disregard them, especially if they have any risk factors for cardiac disease.

 

Some people experiencing a heart attack will have symptoms that come and go. The initial symptoms might fade and the person will relax and stop worrying about them, as the heart attack continues. Then the symptoms might recur.

 

If you or a friend are noticing symptoms of a heart attack, you shouldn't just disregard them. If it's a real heart attack, time is the most important consideration: early treatment is far more likely to be effective than treatment that's held off.

 

This is especially true if someone is feeling heaviness or tightness or pressure or aching in the chest, especially if accompanied by shortness of breath. Someone experiencing those symptoms should seek help quickly.

 

Getting back to your original question, numbness in an arm or leg could also be a sign of a stroke or, as you indicated, sleeping on the limb. There may also be other causes. Last fall, I was experiencing a fair amount of numbness in my left arm on almost a daily basis. I finally realized that it was occurring after I used my cell phone in my car for long periods of time. I bought a hands-free adaptor for the cell phone and numbness went away. So you never know.

 

But if you really do suspect there's a possibility of heart attack or stroke occurring, you should get the person checked out. It's far better to be safe than sorry.

 

Some useful links:

 

Heart Attack warning signs:

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4595

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3053

http://www.heartinfo.org/ms/guides/9/main.html

 

Stroke warning signs:

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4742

 

BG

[Chuck50]

No doc here either but my friend had a mild stroke and got some numbness with it So have your friend get it cehcked out the sooner hte better. HUGS Chuck

[HooBoy]

It's been happpening a lot. But my friend is also living life on the edge and he really does not care.

 

He was hoping it was a heart attack so he could die fast.

 

Frankly, I don't care. I don't like him much anyway.

[+ Lucky]

Hoo, you are a barrel of laughs! Have fun with your "friend!"

[HooBoy]

I'm just a monkey in a barrel.

 

And a lucky monkey at that. But the barrel is getting smaller all the time.

 

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[Guest msclonly]

The Clinic is NOW CLOSED!

 

If you DON"T care, why did you bother to ask us?

 

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[traveler1954]

A localized numb hand is not a symptom of ischemic hear disease (heart attack or angina etc) nor typically of a stroke. PAIN radiating down the arm can be a symptom of heart attack.

If the entire hand is numb, think of compression of the arm, as in sleeping on the arm or passing out drunk with the armpit slung over the back of a chair (Saturday Night Palsy). If numbness is localized to a portion of the hand one would think of a tunnel syndrome, i.e. carpal tunnel or ulnar tunnel, etc. These latter syndromes persist; the Saturday night types self correct.

DP

[tedbear]

Garbhoo--last fall I had made an unusually large stock-up trip to the supermarket. I had a number of heavy plastic grocery bags and when I got home to my high rise condo, there were no carts available to help me get them upstairs. I was able to carry them relatively easy, but the elevator took forever to come (only one elevator serves the garage level where I park). Everything seemed fine until I put the bags down. Then the pain hit. It lasted a few hours, but it was unnoticeable when I went to bed. The next morning I woke up with numbness in my hands, especially in my left.

 

I didn't make the connection at first, but after a day I realized what had probably caused it. After two days, I called my doctor and was able to get in to see him almost immediately. He said it was minor nerve damage from the weight of the bags. When the plastic bag handles stretch into narrow bands, it places more weight per square inch (or whatever measure you'd use when measuring a stretch out plastic bag handle) on the nerves in my hands. It took more than a week, but I do have full feeling in my hands now.

 

Now when asked "paper or plastic" I always choose paper. And I skip stores that don't have paper!

 

(Masturbating with numb hands is fairly weird--you can't really feel your own dick in your hand, so you can't do that great a job, but at the same time, it almost feels like someone else's clumsy hand trying to beat you off. Not really hot, but just weird.)

[Guest]

>If someone I know real well has his left hand go numb, does

>that mean he is having a heart attack?

>

>Or could it be that he just slept wrong?

 

Am I the only doctor so far responding? Anyways, I could fill up your hard drive listing all possible causes for a hand to go numb. Without a good history (let alone a physical exam), it would be silly to even start. I won't even speculate as to the nature of his symptoms and how it began (i.e. upon awakening, etc.). That being said, a heart attack is one of the last things I would think about with an isolated symptom of a hand going numb. Yes, a heart attack could present with an arm ache without any chest pain or shortness of breath. But I'd be more likely to suspect a heart attack in someone complaining of a toothache (a much more common, albeit rare, isolated heart attack symptom).

[Guest]

Never take medical advice from someone who doesn't know how to spell "differential diagnosis." Anyways, heart attack pain is rarely sharp or shooting. I've probably talked with hundreds of heart attack victims, and I can't recall any of them describing the pain or sensation as "sharp" or "shooting."

[HooBoy]

Thanks for your replies --

 

My "friend" had this happen once before. Long time tolerants here may recall this friend's trip to some gambling hall during his drinking days and after losing more money than most people make in a year, the idiot fell asleep in his hotel room, working on his computer, in a chair and woke up with the numb right hand.

 

The medics were called in, said everything was okay. He got fondled by a very pretty woman-medic. The hotel gladly put up my friend for another night. He won back all his money and the hotel gladly paid for his airfare to get him away from the Baccarat table.

 

Oh, there was also the trip to New Orleans Halloween two years ago where my friend and Vegas Boy Dave discovered Tristan Waters. My friend's right hand was totally useless and he had to wear a brace to keep it from looking like he was a homosexual. (limp wrist, not that there is anything wrong with that.)

 

But that's a whole nother story. My friend still loves Vegasboy Dave and Tristan Waters and misses them greatly.

 

You guys are so nice to respond to my friends issue. I wish I could say the same thing about my friend. He's driving me nuts.

 

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[Guest Tristan]

Hooboy, I'm not a doctor, but I do have RSIs (Repetitive Strain Injuries)from excessive typing. So I do know something about that. If there is tingling and/or numbness in the pinkie and ring fingers, carpal tunnel syndrome is a possibility. I have tendinitis in both wrists and my fingers. When the condition first hit years ago, my right hand practically went limp, and I could not type another keystroke. It's important to diagnose this condition early. There are things that can be done. The most important is to stop the repetitive motion causing it. Don't laugh, but chick pluckers got this condition a lot, but nobody cared about chicken pluckers. It hit the computer industry very hard in the 90s and many people now have some form of an RSI. Now people take notice. If it turns out to be this (and I'm not saying it is), feel free to contact me because there are treatments many doctors do which make it worse and cause further nerve damage and pain.

[Guest Tristan]

Correction to my previous reply. I meant to say it's the thumb and index finger that are most affected by carpal tunnel syndrome. The carpal tunnel extends from the wrist up to these fingers.

[Guest]

It sounds like a pinched nerve, such as a "Saturday Night Palsy" where the guy sleeps with a firm object between his body and his arm (such as the back of a chair). Depending on how bad the injury is, these things can last weeks, although it sounds like his got better quickly. It's important to be sure one's arm isn't in an awkward position when falling asleep dunk because the normal reflexes to move the arm (or wake up) fail.

[HooBoy]

I will pass the words of advice to my friend.

 

Frankly, I suspect he just wants to die really fast.

 

But that is is own issue and I don't care. I just hope he pays his bills,ignores the $5000 check that bounced today from a client , doesn't stink up my hotel room and doesn't run off with with a 60 year old guy after my friend flew an escort to see Madonna perform on her birthday in her hometown of Detroit.

 

Excuse me, they are paging me: "Bitter, party of one, your table is ready."

 

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The above written as a regular guy, not the owner of a website and has no official meaning, just unofficial BS.)

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--garbo the hoo

[Chuck50]

RE: Is There a Doctor is the house? - Return to the Surface Soon.

 

This is not Chuck50

 

This is a dear FRIEND returning to the surface.

 

I will have news on my return soon and will be in touch.

 

I have also signed up for the message center and was going to use that but Daddy hasnt activated me yet.

 

I have some very good news.

 

HB-VB will all the healing you will need.

 

Tell that friend of yours to keep his head up.

 

Will be in contact soon GOOD BUDDY..

 

SMOOCH AND HUGS

 

Unnamed Friend :-)

[LovesYng]

RE: Is There a Doctor is the house? - Return to the Surface Soon.

 

>This is not Chuck50

>

>This is a dear FRIEND returning to the surface.

>

>I will have news on my return soon and will be in touch.

>

>I have also signed up for the message center and was going to

>use that but Daddy hasnt activated me yet.

>

>I have some very good news.

>

>HB-VB will all the healing you will need.

>

>Tell that friend of yours to keep his head up.

>

>Will be in contact soon GOOD BUDDY..

>

>SMOOCH AND HUGS

>

>Unnamed Friend :-)

 

I wonder who the friend is (SDD) just a guess :9

 

When in doubt I whip it out

[HooBoy]

RE: Is There a Doctor is the house? - Return to the Surface Soon.

 

Sorry, Daddy's had the flu. He got sick of me.

 

But what your recommended cure, VB?

 

Can't be drugs 'cause I don't do that anymore unless prescribed.

 

Can't be booze 'cause I rarely do that, except in Brazil.

 

Can't be sex, cause I never have that lately, except for a Very Boring jack off yesterday.

 

Couldn't be someone I used to know from Vegas 'cause he took great care of with me through the horrible period when I had to wear a hand brace 'cause my hand was numb and I looked like a 50's era florist...and I hear he's moved back with his #1 which is great.

 

Venereal Business, like selling Viagra on the net? Doesn't make sense.

 

Aha! Virgin Birth? I already had that...<at least that's what my Mom told me anyway, then I asked her if I was born of the devil and she chased me around the trailer park with a yardstick from the local hardware store, eventually breaking it at 8 inches, thick.>

 

lol

 

Mind the gap.

 

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The above written as a regular guy, not the owner of a website and has no official meaning, just unofficial BS.)

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--garbo the hoo

[Guest Vegasboy]

RE: Is There a Doctor is the house? - Return to the Surface Soon.

 

Hows my Good Buddy doing?

 

Well I know its been a long time since I have talked to you.

 

I am back with my #1 and it is going Super.

 

Wish i was there to help your friend out and hope it isnt that bad like last time.

 

I also have some other good news to say soon to and makes me so Happy that I will have the opportunity to do what I have always loved doing.

 

New email also is vegasboydavey@aol.com so shoot me a email and I will tell you the good news.

 

You know I havent been in much contact but you are always in my Heart forever.

 

Talk to you soon...

 

VegasBoyDavey

 

SMOOCH AND HUGGIES

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

RE: Is There a Doctor is the house? - Return to the Surface Soon.

 

Holy 'VegasBoy' Batman!

 

D, it's good to see you out & about on the boards again and let me be one of the first to welcome you back... Memories of hottubbing, suites in Vegas and Gladys Knight all come flooding back, putting a HUGE smile on my face. *grin*

 

Awesome to hear you're doing well! You deserve every second of happiness you can get, as you're truly a sweetheart with a soul of solid gold. Don't ever change. I know you never will

 

Keep me in touch kiddo: Escort@BenjaminNicholas.com

 

 

Warmest,

 

 

 

Benjamin Nicholas

[HooBoy]

RE: Is There a Doctor is the house? - Return to the Surface Soon.

 

Dearest Dave!

 

It was YOU!

 

You just made my day! Tell your #1 I love and miss him too.

 

Dave, with my very best friends, as you well know, I do not have to be a daily pen-pal and I do not have the time, anyway. Over the years we have known each other you and I have rarely emailed, called or communicated with each other, but when we got together, it was like we picked up where we left off as if no time had passed -- and we always had a wonderful time. Even in London - I often look at those pics and just crack up laughing. lol

 

You guys come and visit me in Europe. I've rented an apartment there for summer and you are more than welcome to stay for a day or two. <smile - for those who do not get my sense of humor>

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The above written as a regular guy, not the owner of a website and has no official meaning, just unofficial BS.)

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--garbo the hoo