Updated: 29 Jul, 2013. by Valerie Bogart (New York Legal Assistance Group) Children under 21 are entitled to obtain Ensure or other nutritional supplements when medically necessary. However, the State has enacted laws in the last few years that restrict eligibility for nutritional supplements for adults age 21+.
Ulnar neuropathy is a disorder involving the ulnar nerve. Ulnar neuropathy may be caused by entrapment of the ulnar nerve at the elbow or wrist with resultant numbness and tingling into the fourth and fifth fingers.Motor function can be assessed by testing for a positive Froment's sign, or making an OK sign (which the patient will be unable to do).ndeed, the elbow is probably the most common site of pain in an ulnar neuropathy. Occasionally, patients specifically say âI have pain in my elbow,â âI have pain in my funny bone,â or even âI have pain in this little groove in my elbow,â but usually they are not quite so explicit unless prompted.
Ulnar Neuropathy. Ulnar Neuropathy: Introduction. A condition where the ulnar nerve which runs down the length of the arm becomes trapped. The most common site for entrapment is the elbow and then the wrist. Nerve entrapment can result when the nerve becomes inflamed due to repetitive stress on the nerve such as can occur in cyclists or typists.