Cervical C5-6 Nerve

@windyshores
P.S. Correction, my cervical spine surgery was January 2022 (after my COVID shots). As a side note, the shots caused me heart/chest/breathing problems.

Doctors do not connect many symptoms well to properly diagnose you. Many doctors seem to miss things that they don’t connect but they should treat you as a whole person. I fired my primary doctor because she was disrespectful and treated me like a hypochondriac (felt like going back to her to tell her I was finally diagnosed properly with a spinal cord compression injury which is not being a hypochondriac… maybe she is just incompetent and arrogant/condescending). 😉

I had facial nerve pain/issues that I really don’t get anymore since surgery. I used to have a burning in my lips/chin and thought I may have trigeminal neuralgia and do wonder if cervical spinal cord/nerve roots and connections to cranial nerves would cause some of these symptoms.

I have found anything wrong in my cervical spine was best addressed by my neurosurgeon. HE read and explained to me what was wrong, and if the remedy was surgery, or ablation. The nerves in your neck not only deal with the region you mention, but C1 to C7 encompass your eyes and end with your chest. I have had surgery back and front on all cervical discs. and know your neck can cause a wide range of symptoms. I think the Dr who ordered and fought for your MRI is the most knowledgeable. My first neck surgery in 2001, involved cutting a window in my cervical area so the nerves could move back and take the horrible pressure off
in my neck, at that time I could only raise my arms about 4 inches in the air. Nerves are pesky and take more time to heal. After 3 months I returned to work. Two years later I needed the anterior part of my neck done with discs removed and cages and a rod put in, my films look like a bicycle chain after 3 months, I returned to work again. The plus of the neurosurgeon, is that he can diagnose condition and perform surgery, too.

@morkat This is probably a lot more than you would ever want to know about anatomy of the skull and eyes. The nerves that service the eyes originate from cranial nerves, and not spinal nerves in the neck. Here is a scientific explanation and if you scroll down, you'll find the section on the nerves to the eyes. The optic nerves actually cross under the base of the brain at the optic chiasm. My dad had a stroke that affected the optic chiasm, and he lost half of his field of vision in each eye. I think it was the right side in each eye that split in the middle.
https://www.kenhub.com/en/library/anatomy/blood-vessels-and-nerves-of-the-eye
If you look up a dermatome map, that will show you where each nerve that leaves the spine goes as it reached the skin surface.

I've also thought when you see an x-ray of plates on the spine, it looks a bit like a bicycle chain if you see it from the front.

Thanks for the clarification. I had sepsis and the outcome was my vision was affected, I still see double. sometimes. Upon an eye examination shortly after the incident I lost 30% of distance vision. The first year the words would melt down the page, or lines would disappear, that part of my vision is better now. In April of this year my vision was considered legally blind. After cataract surgery, my vision now only requires drug store readers and most times not even then. Sorry about your dad, it is very annoying when your field of vision is obstructed. I wish him well.

@morkat I'm sorry about your sepsis. It can cause lots of problems and get serious. Thanks for your empathy about my dad. He passed some years ago. Thanks for your kind words.