numb tongue spread to face very quickly, only on right side
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KWB
Please, anyone who can attempt to answer me, please do. I'm 28, in great health, have a regular, healthy diet, and no history of this: the right side of my face, starting in the right back of my tongue, went completely numb, spreading quickly up my face through my forehead. I got very dizzy and had to sit down, and as the numbness faded away over the next half hour, the pressure built in the right side of my head. Moving around, especially quickly, was making me dizzy, so I went to the doctor who referred me to a neurologist. She's ordering an MRI which I won't get for probably three more days, so I went ahead and went to the ER for a CT scan. The CT scan showed that the right side of my brain was a little swollen, but my blood work and chest x-rays came back fine. It's been 3 days now, and I still have a dull pain in my right forehead, but no numbness has come back. I got a tinge of numbness on my tongue and the tip of my nose a few hours after the initial attack, but nothing else. When I lay down, I feel like the right-sided headache spreads to the left a little. Also, if I focus on something minor, like trying to text message or picking my cuticle, my vision will blur a little and I can't focus without hurting my head. Does this sound like anything to worry about? It truly scared the hell out me because nothing at all like this has ever happened to me, and I would have called EMS if I had been by myself... Any feedback please:)
Posted by KWB
Please, anyone who can attempt to answer me, please do. I'm 28, in great health, have a regular, healthy diet, and no history of this: the right side of my face, starting in the right back of my tongue, went completely numb, spreading quickly up my face through my forehead. I got very dizzy and had to sit down, and as the numbness faded away over the next half hour, the pressure built in the right side of my head. Moving around, especially quickly, was making me dizzy, so I went to the doctor who referred me to a neurologist. She's ordering an MRI which I won't get for probably three more days, so I went ahead and went to the ER for a CT scan. The CT scan showed that the right side of my brain was a little swollen, but my blood work and chest x-rays came back fine. It's been 3 days now, and I still have a dull pain in my right forehead, but no numbness has come back. I got a tinge of numbness on my tongue and the tip of my nose a few hours after the initial attack, but nothing else. When I lay down, I feel like the right-sided headache spreads to the left a little. Also, if I focus on something minor, like trying to text message or picking my cuticle, my vision will blur a little and I can't focus without hurting my head. Does this sound like anything to worry about? It truly scared the hell out me because nothing at all like this has ever happened to me, and I would have called EMS if I had been by myself... Any feedback please:)