What it is
Disc material or degenerative change may irritate a nerve root in the neck. Symptoms typically travel into the arm and hand in a pattern related to the affected nerve.
Typical clinical symptoms
- Pain from the neck into the shoulder, arm or hand
- Numbness or tingling in the arm, hand or fingers
- Weakness in selected arm or hand muscles
- Symptoms that change with neck position or movement
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Scientific literature
External publications selected for this topic. Their scope may cover a specific condition, population or intervention within this topic; they do not constitute an individual treatment plan.
The course and prognostic factors of symptomatic cervical disc herniation with radiculopathy: a systematic review of the literature.
Systematic review / meta-analysis · 2014
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When is prompt medical assessment needed?
Major trauma, progressive weakness, loss of sensation, new bladder or bowel control changes, fever or rapid deterioration require medical guidance.
Descriptions are for orientation. Diagnosis follows history, clinical examination and, only when indicated, imaging or laboratory tests.
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