An entrapment neuropathy, also called nerve compression syndrome,
occurs when a nerve is wedged or ?pinched? against a bone, inflamed
muscle, or other internal mechanism.
Entrapment occurs under a
number of conditions, most commonly: When there is an injury disease of
the cervical spine An aneurysm or thrombosis in your arteries Factors
commonly associated with peripheral neuropathy, such as diabetes,
rheumatism, alcoholism, or infection
Artalgia does not work all that well with entrapment neuropathies, maybe 20 per cent
After
nearly two years of silently enduring these mysterious, increasingly
severe symptoms, I both want--and fear--a diagnosis. No one--even
Jim--knows anything about this strange pattern of pain, including my
internist, whom I rarely see. In truth, I don’t want to know what this
physical cacophony means, yet feel a growing need for someone to name
and explain the strange and frightening sensations crawling over my
body. When I finally describe it all to my doctor, he packs me right off
to a neurologist he describes as “brilliant, no-nonsense, and
thorough..." - Read more of this excerpt from the book FIERCE JOY--A
MEMOIR by Ellen Schecter - http://bit.ly/LS83Zn
