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Sudden peripheral neuropathy
I'm trying to find out some possible causes for this. Numbness and tingling in feet, legs, arms, hands...all over. It's been several weeks and came on after I had an SI joint block for chronic SI pain. It's only gotten worse over that time, and my doctor is unsure the cause.
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@tkdesign
Did you get one injection in one SI joint or both?
What type of doctor did your injections and did they use X-ray to guide them? Have you had these injections in the past without these symptoms?
What type of pain and symptoms did you have before the injections. Was the pain localized to the joint only or did you have radiating pain/numbness/tingling?
Have you seen a neurologist for evaluation and testing?
@tkdesign
The injection needle may have injured nerves near the SI joint. A neurologist can do a EMG/nerve conduction study to narrow down nerves impacted.
Did you recently or ever fallen to cause the SI joint pain? Have you had a MRI of your pelvis/hips?
Since arms/hands are involved, you may need a cervical MRI done to see if there is anything compressing nerves in your neck or your spinal cord. Your lumbar spine can cause issues in your legs/feet but so could your cervical spine.
One side. Pain clinic did it, yes used X-ray. Yes had this same one before without issues.
I had radiating pain to thigh, hip, buttocks.
Yeah it's possible, though since my tingling/numbness is on both sides and my injection only on one, I felt that would be super odd. I am going to have EMG studies done and saw a neurologist. She's a bit mystified also. I did not fall. The SI pain came on suddenly one day and no idea what i did. I had had spinal surgery 3 mo previous though in my sacrum area. I think the SI weakness is connected to recovery from that. I do know I have some degenerative disc in the neck and lower lumbar. Had many MRI's a year ago. But it wasn't anything awful or needing surgery. I also had a pelvic and lumbar MRI real recently this year and they couldn't confirm anything to cause the SI joint area pain. The recent neuropathy came on after any MRI's i had done...I'd really hate to go and redo them all over. As of now my neurologist hasn't ordered any new ones.
@tkdesign
Did you ever get a lumbar spine MRI? I have lumbar spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease and neurogenic claudication. This caused me pain/weakness/numbness in lower back, hips, buttocks, thighs and feet.
@tkdesign
Usually, MRIs are good for 6-12 months. Some doctors are okay with older imaging and some want updated imaging if older than 6 months. I had a cervical MRI last February and had new symptoms which showed a new herniated disc in my November MRI so things can change pretty quickly.
An orthopedic spine specialist can look at your cervical and lumbar spine MRIs you have had. There is a SSEP test that can give more information on nerves. It sounds like something may have shifted from your surgery or the 2nd injection in your SI joint may have injured your spinal cord bundle/cauda equina.