United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

my best friend was diagnosed with a brachial plexus injury today. She has no use of her left arm and hand.
she has constant pain from her neck to her fingertips.
a neurologist told her she has brachial plexitis.
can anyone please give me info.?
Thank you , pat

patty,
I recieved my injury 2years ago at age 39. I am finding it hard to find alot of information on traumatic adult bpi but would like to know more about your friend's injury and share the information that I have found so far. You can e-mail me at diannabackes@hotmail.com
Dianna

Patty,
I am so sorry to hear of your friend's injury. I have a tramatic bpi and was told that I waited too late for the type of help that would have taken the pain completely away. Time is of the essence, get your friend to Dr. Nath in Houston immediately. This injury must be examined by Dr. Nath to see if he can help your friend, but it must be done so within 1 year of the injury to get better results from any type of procedure that can help him/her from Dr. Nath. I have had to have a rib taken out in order to give the nerve and arteries room to heal. However, not all injuries are the same and each one is dealt with differently. However, Please get your friend to Dr. Nath. I cannot stress this enough.
Debra

Hi there, here is a website re brachial plexitis http://www.aafp.org/afp/20001101/2067.html it seems slightly different from a bpi and the authors make a point of stressing that an accurate diagnosis is necessary to avoid unnecessary surgery. Make sure any specialist your friend may see is very experienced with adult onset injuries, many specialise mainly in infant obpi cases.

Hello Patty try to go to www.brachialplexusdm.com maybe they can answer your questions. Good luck