I am 26 years old man. X ray report indicates that I have sacralization of L5. What should i do?
Orthopaedics (Orthopedics)
Damaged my knee, what are available treatment options & recovery time required?
I am a 26 yrs old Male, felt from the scooter on the knee with huge weight of the scooter along with one guy sitting in back…..Now, 23 days have been passed I am on cylinder cast. DOctor told to get the MRI done. Report is attached for your reference. Can you please help me in getting the available treatment options & recovery time required
MRI LEFT KNEE
PROTOCOLS : Sagittal : PD & TSE-T2W pulse sequences. Coronal : T1WSE & STIR pulse sequences. Axial : TSET2W pulse sequence.
Findings:
ACL is edematous and its course is replaced by illdefined hyperintensities. Intercondylar soft tissue edema noted. PCL shows buckling but normal in attachments. Anterior tibial translation noted.
Collateral ligaments are normal.
Tibio-femoral joint spaces are maintained with intact articular cartilages.
Fluid is seen in supra-patellar bursa extending to the knee joint recesses. Patellar and quadriceps tendon are normal.
Horizontal grade III signal noted in posterior horn and body of medial meniscus. Anterior horn is normal. Lateral meniscus is normal.
Visualized bones show contusion.Changes of synovitis seen.
Visualized muscles are normal in bulk and signal intensity.
Impression: MR imaging reveals joint effusion with :
* complete ACL tear.Changes of synovitis
* Horizontal tear of posterior horn and body of medial meniscus.
My grandma fell, her ankle is now huge and swollen?
She’s 63 ginger and she had knee surgery in the past my grandma fell today and hit her knee and landed really hard on here ankle her ankle is now huge and swollen she won’t go to the doctor what should I do
I have a herniated lumbar disc l5 s1 and have weakness and numbness in my left leg and foot?
I have a herniated lumbar disc l5 s1 and have weakness and numbness in my left leg and foot. Since wednesday I have had diahaereo and when I empty my bladder I feel a need to want to empty it some more. I now have pain and tenderness in my left side and tenderness in my genital area. I am female, take no tablets am not diabetic. Am healthy apart from above. Are the two connected with the herniated disc?
I noticed a small plum like lump on my lower right side of back ?
I’m a 26 year old male. I don’t take any meds at this time.. I noticed a small plum like lump on my lower right side of back about a week ago also have leg pain on right side light to mild. I first noticed this when I would go to the gym doing heavy lifting for shoulders also dead lifts. Didn’t think of it as anything at the time.. But randomly out of know where I decided to feel my back and that’s what I found.. But this time I was doing another workout where u lay down and pull the weight over your head to your chest.
Pain behind right eye, blurriness, headache, sinus pain?
47/f
asthma 38 yrs Albuteral inhaler taken 1x/week average
Cervical disk disease w/ arthritis
Lumbar stenosis, sciatica, osteoarthritis ibprofren 4 X/mo average
dull ache behind right eye started 8 days ago. Level 4 pain when light pressure is applied started 4 days ago. Sometimes sudden sharp pain in right eye with movement to left and downward and sometimes without movement started 4 days ago becoming more frequent. Dull ache always present. White flashed seen twice. Some blurriness right eye. Constant headache level 3 pain. No relief with ibprofren 800mg/dosage
I’ve had what feels like sinus pain on right side for over a month. No drainage but level 6 pain inside nose when pushed on slightly. Pain shoots to ear, teeth, jaw, neck level 4-7 pain. No fever but sometimes low temp 96 my normal is 98.6
My doctor left the practice. I was not notified. Urgent care does not have proper DX support.
I have chronic lumbar back pain, would surgery make me regain a healthy life?
I am 57 year old male residing in the upper midwest. I’ve had chronic lumbar back pain since 1995 approximately and carpal tunnel, in both hands, since 1993. In 2004 I was hit from behind by a speeding truck, adding chronic cervical pain to my cocktail of chronic pain conditions.
Two years ago I was informed by a neurologist I saw at the time that I might need lower back surgery. However, he proposed an initial treatment regimen consisting only of epidural steroid injections for both lumbar and cervical infractions as well as streoid injections for both hands.
Then he suddenly resigned and I have not had access to a neurologist since then.
You can see from my age that I’m about past what I consider child-rearing age in that I badly want to start a family but my condition makes that impossible because I can only lie comfortably on my back and stomach for approximately 10 minutes, at times a bit longer or shorter.
My point is that sexual intercourse is and has been out of the question for me for two decades.
QUESTION: What are the chances that surgery and/or any other medical procedure will make it possible for me to enjoy sexual intercourse in the immediate future?
I am currently taking: Nabumetone, Gabapentin, Amitriptyline, Tramadol, Flexiril, and Citalopram
Arthrosis of the hip joint (coxarthrosis), are my running days over?
Arthrosis of the hip joint (coxarthrosis) and running?
I am a 32 years old male, and my diagnosis is arthrosis of the (right) hip joint – coxarthrosis. I am a marathon runner, and I also swim and bike. My orthopedist told me that this condition is not caused by running, but genetic (hereditary factor).
I have a “simple” question: Is my running over?
My knee locked really bad where I couldn’t unlock it without horrible pain or force?
About a year ago I had an incident where my foot stayed still and the top of my leg rotated while the bottom stayed still and I have instant knee pain that I believe after a few days went away but when it happened i had to rotate my leg in an odd way to be able to stand up again. Ever since then my knee chooses to randomly lock up like that where its very painful and I can’t move or do anything until I pop it it makes a loud pop that anyone can here and it definitely hurts. I workout everyday so I can feel it randomly or if I’m about to stand up from something. But today i started to feel that pain on a whole new level nothing happened but it locked really bad where i couldn’t unlock it without horrible pain or force and it kept happening consecutively for about an hour, since then it feels sore and like its bruised on the inside, i can straighten it when its unlocked but with pain, kinda hurts to go up the stairs and it keep giving me that pain of when it needs to be unlocked but it is unlocked.
I have a knee problem, pain is increasing?
I AM A MALE GENDER WITH AGE OF 22 YEARS, AND I AM FROM KENYA.
MY PROBLEM IS THAT I HAVE A KNEE PROBLEM, I FELL DOWN ONCE A DAY WHICH HAPPENED 4 YEARS BACK SINCE I FELL DOWN AND GOT SOME CHANGES AFTER THAT TIME, ESPECIALLY PAIN EVERY AFTER SOME PERIOD TILL NOW 2016 IT HAS BEEN INCREASED THE PAIN, ON 2012 I WENT FOR A HOSPITAL FOR X-RAY, THEN I GOT A REPORT ONLY FROM THE HOSPITAL, WITHOUT SEEING THE SPECIALIST DOCTOR OF RADIOLOGY. SO NOW I AM ATTACHING AND SENDING THE REPORT OF THE KNEE X-RAY AND NEED TO KNOW MORE DETAILS ABOUT MY ESSENCE PROBLEM INSIDE THE KNEE.
My ankle and foot are swollen, will it or meds affect my lumbar surgery next month?
I am 65. I was diagnosed with pinched sciatic nerve on right side. I have a screw from a lumbar fusion in2004 that has come undone. I will have surgery done next month. I am taking flexibility, 800 ibuprofen, norco and I start on steroid pack tomorrow. My question is my ankle and foot are swollen. Is that something to aware of? I have put ice on it. But it was numb and hurt from nerve. Now this has happened. I was a little concerned, also will the steroids have the swelling. My doctor usually swelling is not associated with it.
After lumpectomy, lymph node surgery and radiation therapy, I have stabbing pain in lower back?
I am a 49 year old female. Last December I was diagnosed Stage II Breast cancer, they found a micro- metastases in my lymph node on the affected side. I had lumpectomy and lymph node surgery in January, followed by 8 weeks of radiation, no chemotherapy. Since about April I have been experiencing a stabbing pain in my lower back, the exact same spot each time. It only lasts a few seconds and dissipates. But it recurs often, several times a day. This morning alone is has been occurring several times per hour. My medical oncologist thinks it must be muscular. is it possible to experience nerve damage in my back from lymph node surgery?
I have debilitating shoulder pain, acupuncture, physio and doctors may have caused permanent damage?
I have been suffering with Shoulder pain on and off since I was 14 years of age (5 years). The doctors originally sent me for Physio-therapy which had no effect other than making the pain within my shoulder worse and if not anything introduced me to new pains within the same region. When I went back to the Doctors they told me what the Physio had done had actually made it worse and sent me to a specialist pain hospital to try and determine what to do. AGAIN I was sent for more Physio-therapy but to no avail as this again made it worse, but this Physio did also offer to try acupuncture, which I accepted. For 6 months after a few rounds of Acupuncture I felt a definite improvement in my shoulder but after 6 months the symptoms came back. This is when I decided to go back to my doctors and ask for more acupuncture as it seemed to have worked to some extent. The doctors I attend told me they already had a qualified GP in the Doctors who could perform acupuncture and therefore I wouldn’t need to go back to the lady I had, had previously. The woman I went to was originally very good, but one day she put a needle in around my elbow and I felt it hit the nerve as it was incredibly painful but I also felt a sudden rush of pins and needles down my arm and couldn’t feel part of my hand properly. I raised my concern with the doctor explaining that it was in the nerve to which she pushed it further and asked ‘is that through’!!! Since then my injury has become practically debilitating as its a 24hour constant plain that seems to have only gotten progressively worse, the lady also used acupuncture needles in my neck and now I get pain there which I never had before. This happened over a year ago now and another Doctor I went to see believed it was permanent nerve damage but I just wondered what you could recommend.
My tongue, mouth and back of throat are dry, doctors and ENT don’t know why?
I am 27, male. For about a year I’ve been experiencing dry mouth, mostly before I go to bed and when I wake up in the morning. It’s mostly my tongue that is dry, but sometimes it’s my whole mouth and the back of my throat.
I have been to multiple doctors, including two ENT’s, and no one can seem to figure out whats wrong. I’ve had a full blood test taken as well as tested for Sjogren’s diseases, all negative. No other symptoms seem to be affecting me. I eat healthy, a high fat, low carb diet. I drink lots of water but that doesn’t seem to help.
Hoping someone can help.
I’ve been ill for two years, Lyme disease, neck weakness and arm shaking, is my condition treatable?
Hello, I’ve been ill for two years. It started with facial paralysis, a bad earache, parotitis and meningitis. Then later I was crossing the street wearing a heavy backpack and felt something weird in my neck and left hip. I had a painful neck and painful sacral area so severe that I went to the Er twice to make sure nothing was broken. Heavy sweating, tremors and spasms started along with blurred and double vision.
Turns out I have Lyme disease. Treating it has been really scary because the symptoms have not yet gone away, so I’ve been trying to figure out other answers while I continue to treat Lyme.
The symptom I am most concerned about is neck weakness and arm shaking. My head moves around on its own and when I bend my head I get either Lhermitte’s sign or my spine will twitch out of place. I also have tremor after movement, like an aftershock. I get this in small areas, like my forearm, or large areas; like when I move my leg my head will bounce around. For some part of every day I have tremors in most of my body including my trunk and legs. My neck gets very tired and my jaws also get tired if I talk, so I can’t do either for very long, maybe ten minutes or so. I have severe vertigo because of the head titubations and my face pulls to one side.
I’ve had numerous consults with neurologists who do neuro exams and pronounce that I’m fine and state that they can’t explain the other symptoms. One suggested I have a vestibular disorder.
My question is, is it possible that on top of the Lyme my symptoms could be caused by damage to my cervical or lumbar spine? Could my spine have twisted to give me tremor, vertigo, titubation etc? Or is it all caused by the Lyme? I’ve had MRIs of brain, cervical and lumbar regions and have disc bulges and herniations at every level. I did consult with a neurosurgeon who stated that the herniations were not a problem, but serious muscle twitches and radiculopathy started right after the event with my neck. I’m concerned that my condition is permanent or untreatable.
