What Is A Cervical Herniated Disc? What Symptoms May It Cause?

Herniated discs and bulging discs are very similar.  a herniated disc means it has not yet ruptured.  each disc has a silicone type cushion w/in it.  when a disc is herniated, chances are the SILICONE CUSHION could be leaking out.  the pic provided is a cross section of a herniated disc.
 
symptoms are generally "pain".  depending on which vertebrae is affected would determine where one would feel the pain.  one may even feel pain down in the legs.  this is called sciatica.
 
honey I was involved in a bad car accident & I have 9 herniated discs and I am ok...12 yrs. Later.♥

A cervical herniated disc is a bulging disc in the neck. Depending on where it is, is what your symptoms are. Mine is between c5 and c6. My symptoms are numbness and tingling in my  left shoulder down to my fingertips in my left hand. I also have pain but it's in my joints (shoulder, elbow and wrist). I also feel a deep pain behind my left shoulder blade. Lately I have noticed a strange feeling when I move my left eye from side to side. My arm and shoulder feel weak, heavy and lifeless. For me, the pain is not the worst part, it's actually bearable. It's everything else that is bothersome. I have taken several different steroids as well as several different anti-inflammatory and pain medicine. The meds help, but I have gained 20lbs from the steroids and I have not been able to lose it. Mind you I have always been thin. I stopped taking the steroids 5 months ago and have not dropped a pound. The anti-inflammatory and pain med works, but when I stop taking it al l of the symptoms return. I have read that the meds and steroid shots are not curative, only temporary fixes. I am strongly considering surgery, but have read that it is not always curative and can be very dangerous because the herniated disc is in my neck.

I just got the call from the doc, saying I have a ruptured disc. I got hurt at work Dec 12, 2008, my shoulder clear up in my neck swelled automatically! I was told it was a pulled muscle & it would hill in 8-12 weeks...no biggy!  Ended up having to have Rotator surgery, I've done Physical therapy, lotions, creams, steroids, patches, anti-inflamitories...you name it!  Over the last year I have ended up losing feeling in my left hand, problems with my wrist ( swelling on my wrist & a knot on the side of my hand) I have a giant knot I think it is on my shoulder, but I guess it would be the trapezius muscle up into my neck still! Its been a little over a year & I just now get this news! Is it going to be fixable? I was told if there was muscle or tissue damage that they can't fix it.  I won't be able to see my doc til Monday & I am vry worried, but kinda relieved at the same time! At least now I know!