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Suffering From Legs Being Very Cold And Painful. MRI Shows Deteriorating Disk Problems. Does Surgery Relive Pain?
my mom is 87 years old and she has problems with her legs being very cold and pain...we had a mri done and they say it is a nerve problem from her neck down to her lower back because of deterariting disk problems...i would like to know if there is anything else that we can do for her to help with this disconverd....I have been taking her to phscio and we try different med and also some rub products for heat . Would some surgery help to give her some releived or what do u thing we should do it is hard to see her going through this pain...
Mon, 24 Jun 2013
surgery will help ful only if disk prolapses or copresses the nerve.otherwise supporive treatment is helpful. dr,ajay agrawal
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