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How To Treat The Severe Back Pain?
lower left side back 24yrs female 5 1 128lbs I m having sever lower back pain isolating to the left side. it hurts to breathe. I cannot inhale deeply without shooting pain through my back. I cannot straighten out my back without pain. I feel hunched over. I can t lay on my right side without pain. I had a recent uti about a week and a half ago.
Fri, 20 Jun 2014
Complete Rest on firm mattress. Hot fomentation to injured area. Anti-inflammatory-analgesics medicines and if muscle stiffness then muscle -relaxant creams locally and also oral muscle relaxant tabs.All this under supervision of an orthopedician. Do not bend your spine.Orthopedician will ascertain if it is simple sprain or lower disc prolapse with the help of physical examination, radiology investigations once the pain lessens.
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