Can 12 months of spinal cord compression in the C5/6 & C6/7 cause perment damage?
Numbness, pins and needles, loss of feeling from head to toe.
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Yes i have just had a MRI scan for the same reason as i woke up one morning and my left hand had dropped and numb could not use left hand I had trapped my radial nerve which start in in c 4/5 paid for mri scan as whould have had to wait 10 to 14 weeks on nhs 3days at bupa the bottom line was that i have interverterbral foraminal narrowing which is most severe at c3/4 and Degenerative spondylosis in the spinal canal narrowing worst at c4/5 Hope this helped
Yes, long-term spinal cord compression can result in permanent nerve damage. I suggest that you seek medical assistance. You need a MRI to determine the level and extent of nerve root compression. I would be most concerned with the extensive loss of feeling you document.
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