My mother-in-law who is 88 is having pain in her right arm and numbness in her hand, she had a stroke 2 years ago, and she also has dementia, her doctor said it might me muscle stran but she doesn t compain alot and this really seems to be bothering her. Do you know what we should do for her other than tylenol every 4-5 hours.
Hello, It may be due to nerve compression at cervical level. For further assessment you may require MRI neck, nerve conduction studies after spine surgeon consultation. Continue physical therapy. You may require tablet pregabalin and multivitamin after consultation. For pain, you can take tablet acetaminophen. Hope I have answered your query... Let me know if I can assist you further. Chat Doctor.