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Worsening Symptoms With Spinal Stenosis With Increased Right Side Pain
Hi my name is Gordana.
I have being diagnosed with spinal stenosis. Basically my symptoms are getting from bad to worse really fast, my right side has being in a pain for at least 5 years , now both sides, I can barely walk 100 mts.
I feel clumsy when I walk, my legs are weak and the pain is day and night.
How can I find a doctor that believe me, I feel terrible tired all the time and the pain does not goes away with anything.
I live in Waterloo, Ontario
Thank you
Gordana
I have being diagnosed with spinal stenosis. Basically my symptoms are getting from bad to worse really fast, my right side has being in a pain for at least 5 years , now both sides, I can barely walk 100 mts.
I feel clumsy when I walk, my legs are weak and the pain is day and night.
How can I find a doctor that believe me, I feel terrible tired all the time and the pain does not goes away with anything.
I live in Waterloo, Ontario
Thank you
Gordana
Thu, 13 Mar 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your symptoms and agree that your symptoms are severe and suggest significant compression of nerves due to spinal stenosis.
The severity of stenosis can be confirmed on MRI spine.
If it is severe, you should see a neurosurgeon and get decompression surgery done.
In the meanwhile, you could take gabapentin or pregabalin capsules for pain relief.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your symptoms and agree that your symptoms are severe and suggest significant compression of nerves due to spinal stenosis.
The severity of stenosis can be confirmed on MRI spine.
If it is severe, you should see a neurosurgeon and get decompression surgery done.
In the meanwhile, you could take gabapentin or pregabalin capsules for pain relief.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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