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Have Bulging Disc, Legs Fall Asleep, Painful. Have Rod And Screws In Neck. Help
i have no insurance and I have a rod and 6 screws in my neck,i have a herniated disc in my middle back and I have 2 fractures inmy spine by my t8 and 2 bulging disc in the lower part of my back and nerve damage in my belt line ,which causes my legs to b asleep at all times.im in so much pain but again I have no insurance and I have to work like this
Mon, 29 Jul 2013
Welcome to HCM.Use of Gabapentin/Pregabalin and a short course of steroids orally to help reduce the symptoms. The symptoms are due to spinal nerve root compression at the lumbo-sacral level,this will also be helped by physiotherapy as advised by a experienced physiotherapist.
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