How to treat multiple disc bulges in the neck and back, Sciatica and numbness in arms and legs?
Patient: hello dr,I have multiple disc bulges in my neck and lower back worste at c4 and l5 to si being severe.I have sciatica in both legs numbness both arms and hands.. I have weird looking rash on upper chest and stops abruptly above breast area .ribs are tender to touch with worste pain from armpit area and down to lower ribs.any idea about rash?had it for cpl years along with ribs and chest pain.seen few Drs and nobody has a clue. Doctor: Hello!Thank you for asking on HCM!Your symptoms could be related to skin sensitivity and the levels of sensibility related to the pinched nerves. The fact that the rash has ends at a sharp levels, indicates a relationship with the damaged vaso-motor mechanisms and reflexes of this region of the skin, probably related to the damaged nerves or spinal cord innervating this region of the skin. It can also be caused by skin hypersensitivity to the contact with the clothes in this level, because the damaged spinal cord. I recommend performing a cervico-thoracic spine MRI study to examine for possible spinal cord compression in this region. Hope you will find this answer helpful!Best wishes, Dr. Aida