Contents:
- Medical Video: 5 Common Signs of High Cholesterol
- Is the neck really tingling with a sign of high cholesterol?
- So, what causes neck tingling?
- Tingling can also be a sign that you are experiencing a medical disorder
- How to cure tingling?
Medical Video: 5 Common Signs of High Cholesterol
High blood cholesterol levels can indeed cause a variety of complaints. But many people who associate shoulder pain and neck tingling are signs of high cholesterol. But, is this true?
Is the neck really tingling with a sign of high cholesterol?
Hypercholesterolemia or high blood cholesterol can cause several complaints from mild to severe. This depends on how long the process occurs, how much effect is caused, and what organs are affected by blockage from blood vessels.
Therefore, neck tingling or pain in the shoulder cannot be used as a reference for someone experiencing high cholesterol levels. Because the neck tingling or pain in the shoulder can occur in people with high, normal, or low cholesterol levels.
So, what causes neck tingling?
Almost every person has experienced tingling or in his medical language is called paresthesia. A person can experience tingling when there is a member of the body that is under pressure for a long time, thus making the blood supply to the nerves in certain areas become obstructed.
Ideally the innervation system runs smoothly when a small electric current flows along the neural network. But if there is pressure on the nerves for a long time, this current will be blocked causing tingling. It also makes you feel pain like needles when you accidentally press the part of the nerve that is under pressure.
Generally, someone experiencing tingling in the neck due to several causes such as wrong sleeping position, wrong sitting position, stress, or other habits that make blood circulation stunted. This type of tingling is temporary and usually resolves without treatment. You only need to stretch on the stiff part so that the blood flow returns smoothly.
Tingling can also be a sign that you are experiencing a medical disorder
But if you experience repeated tingling and for a long time, then you should consult a doctor directly so that further examination can be done so that you get optimal treatment. Because in some cases, tingling is a sign if you experience certain medical disorders, for example:
- Injuries or accidents that cause nerve damage
- Stroke
- Multiple sclerosis - an immune condition that affects nerve cells in the brain and spine
- Diabetes
- Pinched nerves that often occur in the neck, shoulders or arms
- Sciatica
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- The lack of several vitamins, especially vitamin B12, which is important for nerve health
- Alcohol abuse
- Certain medications - such as certain types of chemotherapy that cause nerve irritation or damage and some antibiotics, HIV, and anti-seizure drugs
How to cure tingling?
If you experience repeated tingling for a long period of time accompanied by other unusual symptoms such as muscle spasms, pain in the neck or until it cannot move, you can immediately consult a doctor. In some serious cases, the doctor will recommend certain tests to find out what causes you tingling, such as MRI tests, X-rays, CT scans, electomyogram tests, and nerve biopsies.
Based on the results of the diagnosis, later the doctor will determine the follow-up care to a specialist field such as a neurologist, orthopedist, or endocrinologist.
