yes, I have a 28 year old daughter that is have episodes of like strokes. She can t talk right because it looks like the right side of her face has something wrong with it. Complains of numbness in the right arm, right side of her face. Doctor says she is having anxiety issue but I think it is something worse. The attacks just keep coming and just out of the blue. What do you think?
Hi, Thanks for writing in. Anxiety can cause symptoms as described by your daughter. However, it will help to get her investigated in a neurology clinic and then get her condition confirmed. The spine is made up of an alignment of small bones. These bones have sponge like discs between them and the spinal cord passes along the back of these bones through the spinal canal. There might be pressure on the discs in the cervical spine and this is causing slight pressure on the spinal canal at a particular level and causing pinching of nerve roots leading to severe pain in the area supplied by the nerve. As your symptoms are on the right it is possible that the nerve roots on the right side are affected. You require to be examined a neurologist and an MRI of the brain and cervical spine if indicated to know if the nerve are under pressure and the location. Individual nerves supplying the face and contributing in functions like speech must also be examined. She might also require undergoing electroencephalography to rule out epileptic seizure. If this has happened recently then it is a mild problem and treatment choices can be made available after detailed evaluation. Please do not worry.