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Suggest Remedy For Persistent Lower Back Pain
Hi I I have lower back pain the last 3 yrs for which I get epidural candles bilaterally every 8 wks
however in dec I got knee and lower leg swelling and was kept in query DVD query ruptured bakers cyst all came back inconclusive but I just had a knee scope yesterday which they found my posterior horn tear and medial menisese tears which were unusually large, as I can't exercise it is unusual this am they contacted me to say I had tested positive for HLA 27 and HLA 44 is is in relation to an autoimmune disorder? As the told me on my MRI I have cellular narrowing in the marrow of my bones and we're querying sickle cell even though I am white
however in dec I got knee and lower leg swelling and was kept in query DVD query ruptured bakers cyst all came back inconclusive but I just had a knee scope yesterday which they found my posterior horn tear and medial menisese tears which were unusually large, as I can't exercise it is unusual this am they contacted me to say I had tested positive for HLA 27 and HLA 44 is is in relation to an autoimmune disorder? As the told me on my MRI I have cellular narrowing in the marrow of my bones and we're querying sickle cell even though I am white
Tue, 31 Mar 2015
i understood your concerns if hla b27 is positive you may suspect ankylosing spondylitis where you have stiff spine... HLA 44 is related to multiple sclerosis diseases. this may affect your bone marrow also,,,, you need to take advice of orthopaedic surgeon at earliest time...
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