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Electrical shocks throughout my body.

Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Oct 16 5:59pm | Replies (118)

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@braedenl2202 I've had an electric bolt down my entire body that was caused by spinal cord compression, and when I bent my neck, it put more pressure on an already compressed spinal cord and I got a shock. Having spine surgery to correct this fixed it entirely, no more electric shocks. I have also had blotchiness in my hands and arms with a light reddish purple rash caused by thoracic outlet syndrome which is also caused by compression of the brachial plexus nerve bundle that creates this response. My doctor told me that. That being said, some patients are just more body aware than others. If your doctor isn't listening and believing this is real, maybe you should look elsewhere. I had a similar experience of not being listened to and a surgeon's nurse misunderstanding my early symptoms of spinal cord compression, getting annoyed, and telling me to consult a doctor about it. That surgeon decided not to help me, and I found a better surgeon at Mayo and everyone there listened to me. I also came with a copy of some medical literature with a case similar to mine with the same symptoms and that diagnosis had been missed by the other doctors. The literature talked about funicular pain that can happen anywhere in the body from cervical spinal cord compression (stenosis), and that there are no definitive tests to confirm it, and that decompression surgery fixes it. That was true for me too, and I had the same experience of this pain being fixed by spine surgery.

Another issue may be something like the shingles. My mom had this, and had small bright dark red raised spots that were clustered and in a line. The bumps follow nerve pathways and are very painful. I haven't had the shingles myself. You could consult your regular doctor in case it is something like that.

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I don’t have shingles I don’t believe. I had blood tests done as well and urine tests and everything seems normal. I check my heart rate and blood pressure when these happen and those do not seem to be effected.