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Sudden Neck Pain

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SOURCES: This video is from the WebMD Video Archive. 2006 Medical Reference from Medstar Television. Greg Schucany, M.D., Diagnostic Radiologist, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

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It all started when school teacher Kristen Garrison carried home a bag full of heavy textbooks.

Kristen Garrison:

I just started to feel, you know, back on my shoulder blade, my right shoulder blade, a pain, you know, like I maybe pulled a muscle.

Narrator:

Within months, her right arm was completely numb. When her doctor ordered tests, Kristen was surprised by the findings.

Kristen Garrison:

The first thing he said was that there's a mass, you know, in your spine.

Greg Schucany, MD:

What she experienced, once we did the MRI, was a spontaneous hemorrhage into the spinal canal.

Narrator:

Doctor Schucany says the veins in the spinal canal are susceptible to increases in blood pressure.

Greg Schucany, MD:

What happened was, she picked up this large bag of school books, it increased her blood pressure and these fragile veins ruptured.

Narrator:

The pool of blood, called a hematoma, was pressing on a nerve that goes to Kristen's arm. Surgery to remove the blood could help prevent permanent damage

Kristen Garrison:

He said nerves do bruise, and there's a chance that it might have done a little bit of nerve damage and if that's the case, you know, the ends of your fingers may always be numb.

Narrator:

But because these types of hematomas often resolve on their own and Kristen was young and otherwise healthy, doctors decided to wait and do another MRI.

Greg Schucany, MD:

We reimaged this lady three weeks later and it was totally gone.

Narrator:

As the hematoma dissolved, Kristen gradually got feeling back in her arm.

Kristen Garrison:

Just like opening a jar for the first time. That probably took about two or two-and-a-half months to totally feel like I was back to the way it was before.

Narrator:

Thanks to the experience, she's downsized what she carries. For WebMD, I'm Damon Meharg.

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