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Severe Pain In The Hip, Thigh And Ankle. Have Rheumatoid Arthritis. Difficulty In Walking And Sitting. Not Responding To Muscle Relaxants And Pain Medication
My mom has rheumatoid arthritis and recently woke up and couldn t get out of bed due to severe pain in her buttocks . The pain continues down her buttocks and around to the front of her thigh and down to her ankle. She is barely able to walk and cannot sit upright. The dr. gave her muscle relaxers and pain meds,neither have worked. She visited a chiropractor who feels it is a muscle spasm . ANy help?
Thu, 2 Aug 2012
Does she have pain over her lower back also , if yes we are looking at a nerve root pain due to nerve compression neuropathy of static root probably , pain medication will not respond . Try GABAPENTIN ONE TAB AT NIGHT for 5 days min and kindly visit an orthopedician as soon as possible as she might require an MRI scan of lower back and hip
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