does anyone out there have a brachial plexus injury or know someone that does?

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my son had car accident in march and he stays in constant pain is it pain or does he just like pain meds...please someone help. he pulled 4 nerves completely from spinal cord his arm is parylzed why all the pain
With damage to the nerves in the brachial plexus, there is typically sensory and motor damage. If the nerves are entirely avulsed (torn), it's hard to say if all sensory loss will occur. The muscles in the arm are typically innervated by a couple of nerve levels, meaning that if the C5 nerve root was torn, the C6 nerve could still be innervating some of the muscle fibers. So, I wouldn't doubt the pain your son is feeling. I'm curious if your doctor has spoken to you about possible surgery for the nerves, or has referred your son for therapy (occupational or physical). I would encourage you to call your doctor with your concerns, and discuss your options.  (+ info)

best hospital for brachial plexus injury in malaysia?

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my husband sufferes from severe pain from this injury and I want to start from scratch. I need to determine the steps, but my view is that I need to know where the pain is coming from, his arms, spinal cord or the brain. With so much of development in the medial field, I am sure there is a way at least to alleviate the pain he is going through on a daily basis. Thank you. Your help is greatly appreciated.
you want to start with a neurologist to start evaluation all over again, good luck  (+ info)

My little brother has Erbs palsy brachial plexus Injury 10 PNTS BEST ANSWER!?

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at birth the doctor pulled 4 of his nerves off of his spine and he is injured for life i want to raise awareness about this injury how can i?
i'm going to be in 9th grade right now im homeschooled
Are you in school? If so, you could talk to your principal about having a palsy awareness day. Maybe some people with this condition could come in and talk to your school about it. You could hold fundraisers and donate the money to an organization that researches and tries to find cures for it.  (+ info)

Nerve Transfer for Brachial Plexus Injury?

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Hi, I need all your kind opinions..

My brother (24 yrs) has met with an accident 3 months before and has a severe Brachial Plexus Injury. His right hand is totally dead. We had so long time of Pysiotheraphist treatment. Finally, by reference we've been directed to Prof.G.Balakrishnan, Consultant Plastic, Hand and Microsurgeon, Right Hospital (Near Ega theatre, Kilpauk, Chennai).

His MRI report says below things.
(1) Complete avulsion of nerve rootlets of right C7, C8, D1, D2 from Spinal Cord.
(2) Nerve Root sleeve avulsion with pseudomeningocelces on right side at C7, C8, D1 levels
(3) Wallerian degenerative changes in all trunks, divisions and cords of Brachial Plexus on right side.

Doctors told that he need to undergo a Nerve transfer surgery which still doesn't show complete recovery in next 10 months.

Below are my concerns and need ur suggestions
(1) Is the surgery a major one and 100% successful?
(2) Are there any other Surgeon/Hospital who has exceptional experiences having undergone this surgery before?
(3) Will there be any other body impacts with this surgery?

I'm a S/W professional and completely new with this medical terms/impacts.
Pls guide me for the sake of a life....
NO SURGERY is 100% without risk..you could die from the anesthesia alone. That's why they have you sign the PAPERS! An avulsion is like..you take a spoon and you dig into a cantaloupe and pull the piece out. The hole is an avulsion. Sounds like he really messed up his arm badly. Figure it this way, his arm and hand are worthless as is, so if he doesn't have the surgery evrything stays the same. If he does have the surgery, it works or it doesn't. Either way you take a chance. You sound like your brother has a competent surgeon. I;d go for it. If it doesn't work, he hasn't really lost aything as the hand is still broke, but if you don;t do it, you'll never know if it could have been saved. Your Call, definitely.  (+ info)

Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury ( Erbs Palsy )?

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I'm a 28 yrs old male that has lived w/ obstetric brachial plexus injury on my left arm all my life. Because of my upbringing in poor country nothing was ever done about my injury and now that I live in London i am going to seek medical advice from Dr. Thomas Carlstedt and hopefully he might help me, I just want to know if there is anyone else out there that has lived with such injury as I have for so long and have seek medical advice so late but saw improvements?? Is it still worth ? Thank you in advance.

Regards,

Kavit
The prognosis for erbs palsy is better in the neonate than the adult - that doesn't mean it's not possible for recovery to occur, it is simple slightly less likely than in a newborn with the same injury. It probably very much depends on exactly the amount of damage done at delivery - I think you're very sensible to go and get your options checked out!!! You don't want to be left with the "what if" feeling...  (+ info)

what activities can a young man do after sustaining a brachial plexus injury in a motor cycle incident. What p

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It all depends what a Brachial Plexus injury is, you will have to be specific about this and tell us what it is first. I suppose the best thing you can do is try and get him to join a club for people with
similar injuries, in order to get him out of his misery. An environment where People are coping very well and seem to be doing stuff that uninjured are doing.If he is Paralized from waist down, they usually can play Ball games with there Hands like
Basketball,Snooker ,pool,table tennis,etc, or they can go swimming. The most important thing is to show him there is life after his injury, stop him moping around on his own.Good Luck to you.  (+ info)

Brachial Plexus surgery failed?

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Is there anyone else out there that has a child with a bpi that has had surgery done and still no movement. My child will be 2 in january and still has no movement after having surgery at six months.He goes to therapy 3 times a week now. He's getting stronger with what he does have but still can't lift his arm do to the fact that his bicep has not came back. What else can we do, I feel so helpless for him.
I would check with the Mayo Clinic because they have been doing some great work on this type of surgery. It is not an easy surgery to do because the nerves affected are tiny and difficult to deal with. For many years, Mayo Clinic physicians have been at the cutting edge of brachial plexus surgery. Using advanced microsurgical techniques (including nerve and muscle transfers) surgeons can repair the damaged nerves of the brachial plexus to restore some function to the arm.

It's a very difficult thing to deal with. My heart goes out to you. I've found that in any profession there are just a handful of people that truly understand the technology well and you just have to search these people out. The Mayo Clinic sounds like it would be your best bet.

good luck  (+ info)

picture of the brachial plexus nerve?

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http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://depts.washington.edu/anesth/regional/plexusdiagram.gif&imgrefurl=http://depts.washington.edu/anesth/regional/brachialplexusanatomy.html&h=315&w=404&sz=16&tbnid=r9bXqEDyqwyQgM:&tbnh=94&tbnw=121&hl=en&start=3&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbrachial%2Bplexus%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

Follow that link and you'll get a good page about the brachial plexus, including a good illustration about half way down the page - a blue background with yellow and green.  (+ info)

spinal cord stimulator brachial plexus avulsions?

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suppose to have this done in near future does anyone know how well this works
I have a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) for my complex regional pain syndrome/reflex sympathetic dystrophy in my right leg. Even though my pain is pretty much gone when my stimulator works correctly, but because of my keloid scarring condition which has caused lead movement problems, and problems with the stimulation reaching the nerves that they are placed on because of how thick the scar tissue is. I've had 4 surgeries total for my SCS, and I may have another one in the near future, but for the most part as of right now my stimulator is working fairly well and it gives me 60-80% pain relief most of the time, and when everything is working smoothly I get about 100% pain relief, but for it to work smoothly again I will have to have another surgery. I would suggest having a trial put in before you have the implant done. You can get more information at www.ans-medical.com and feel free to e-mail me if you would like.  (+ info)

treatment of brachial plexus injuries in newborn?

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Expectant

Many cases of brachial plexus traction injury in the neonate are self limiting.

In the small percentage of children who continue to have arm weakness then physiotherapy and occupational therapy input is needed - home exercise programme, occasionally TENS or botox are used.  (+ info)

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