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Suggest Treatment For Painful Tailbone After Injury
Question: I slipped and landed on my tailbone two weeks ago. Still hurts. What now?
Brief Answer:
Take sitz bath [sitting in lukewarm water for 10 m
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case.
Due to fall on hard surface sacrum may be injured. Due to microtrauma there may be fibrosis formation.
Do hot fomentation over sacrum. It will take weeks to months to subside.
Use ring cushion and take sitz bath [sitting in lukewarm water for 10 min]
Take analgesic like nucoxia 90 once daily along with tab methylcobalamine 1500 mcg once daily consulting your doctor.
If not relieved with all these methods then local injection may be required. You can take this consulting your doctor.
Clinically spinal origin of pain needs to be ruled out, if required MRI spine/x ray sacrum can be done.
Hope this answers your query. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your queries.
Wishing you good health.
Take care.
Take sitz bath [sitting in lukewarm water for 10 m
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case.
Due to fall on hard surface sacrum may be injured. Due to microtrauma there may be fibrosis formation.
Do hot fomentation over sacrum. It will take weeks to months to subside.
Use ring cushion and take sitz bath [sitting in lukewarm water for 10 min]
Take analgesic like nucoxia 90 once daily along with tab methylcobalamine 1500 mcg once daily consulting your doctor.
If not relieved with all these methods then local injection may be required. You can take this consulting your doctor.
Clinically spinal origin of pain needs to be ruled out, if required MRI spine/x ray sacrum can be done.
Hope this answers your query. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your queries.
Wishing you good health.
Take care.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Having restless legs at night since starting Crestor. What to do
Brief Answer:
This is side effect of crestor[statins]
Detailed Answer:
Hello again.
This is side effect of crestor[statins]
Common side effects include
Unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness;
Fever, unusual tiredness, and dark colored urine;
Swelling, weight gain, urinating less than usual
Nausea, upper stomach pain, itching, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes).
So you need to consult your doctor for continuation of this medication.
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Wishing you good health.
Take care.
This is side effect of crestor[statins]
Detailed Answer:
Hello again.
This is side effect of crestor[statins]
Common side effects include
Unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness;
Fever, unusual tiredness, and dark colored urine;
Swelling, weight gain, urinating less than usual
Nausea, upper stomach pain, itching, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes).
So you need to consult your doctor for continuation of this medication.
Hope this answers your query. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your queries.
If you are satisfied with answer do not forget to give rating to this answer.
Wishing you good health.
Take care.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
What is "fomentation " ?
I am in much less pain. Taking ibuprofen along with tramadol that I take for neck and knee pain. It has helped a lot. Might this injury show up on a lumbar spine x-ray ?
I am in much less pain. Taking ibuprofen along with tramadol that I take for neck and knee pain. It has helped a lot. Might this injury show up on a lumbar spine x-ray ?
Brief Answer:
Explained below
Detailed Answer:
Hello again,
Fomentation with lukewarm water means you can apply warm temperature to area which is pain full .In your case you can sit in tub with lukewarm water and give relaxing heat therapy to injured tissue.
Thats good that your pain has reduced.
Injury can be well seen on sacrum lateral view x ray,it also can be seen on lumbar x ray.
Hope this answers your query. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your queries.
If you are satisfied with answer do not forget to give rating to this answer.
Wishing you good health.
Take care.
Explained below
Detailed Answer:
Hello again,
Fomentation with lukewarm water means you can apply warm temperature to area which is pain full .In your case you can sit in tub with lukewarm water and give relaxing heat therapy to injured tissue.
Thats good that your pain has reduced.
Injury can be well seen on sacrum lateral view x ray,it also can be seen on lumbar x ray.
Hope this answers your query. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your queries.
If you are satisfied with answer do not forget to give rating to this answer.
Wishing you good health.
Take care.
Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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