What Causes Pins And Needles?

Radiculopathy

Radiculopathy is a condition characterized by the adverse effects of a compressed nerve root located within an individual's spine. Nerves in the extremities converge together as their path moves closer to the spine. The nerves eventually all meet along the spinal cord. The spinal cord runs through the series of bones that make up the spine or vertebrae. The vertebrae each have holes that allow the large nerve roots to run out of the spinal cord and to the rest of the body that are called foramina. When these roots that attach to the spinal cord become damaged or pinched, the patient has radiculopathy. Damage to the nerve roots results in swelling and inflammation that takes up space in the holes of the vertebrae. This mechanism often results in the compression of these nerve roots and their blood supply. Vertebrae, intervertebral disc, and tendon size or position changes can also cause the nerve roots to become compressed in the foramina. This compression results in the disruption of nerve transmissions to and from the brain that causes paresthesia.

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