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Spine & Spinal Nerve Disorders

Discuss topics related to spinal cord injury, spinal discs, back and neck pain, osteoporosis, sciatica, scoliosis, spondylosis, stenosis, and whiplash on this forum.

multilevel cervical surgery

had surgery, mulity level C-2 thruT-1. All went great for 5 weeks then developed (over 3 to 4 days) weakness right side. That went on to right arm palsey like spsam with use, or getting up from the bed.(position change) MRI and x-rays show nothing to cause this. Any one?? Can it be a bracial plexis...

by User avatar EJ4474

strep infetions after spinal surgery

MY 31 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER HAD BACK SURGERY 4 WEEKS AGE FOR A DISK IN HER LOWER BACK. 2 WEEKS LATER SHE START TO HAVE HIGH FEVER AND ALOT MORE PAIN, NO APPITITE, HAED ACKES. SHE WENT TO DR. AND HE PUT HERE ON ANTIBIOTICS, AND SAID SHE HAD BAC. INFECTION. 4 DAYS LATER SHE IS PUT IN HOSPITAL ON IV AND...

by User avatar kkdallas

Bulging Disc

My leg was hurting me for about 3 years after that so I finally got an MRI. The MRI showed I had a bulging disk between the L4-L5. I still have pain, but have not gotten any worse. It is a pain that I can easily live with. I need the bulging disk to go away. How is this possible? I tried PT once (4...

by User avatar Guest

18 days post scolisis surgery, shortness of breath, chest and rib pain should we call the Dr. ?

Answered by a doctor

18 days post scolisis surgery, shortness of breath, chest and rib pain. Should we call the Dr. ??

by User avatar dee dee

mri scan reading

Could anyone please let me know what "c5/t1 level cord post-traumatic myelomalacia" means? Does this mean it is severed or damaged? Also What does "no evidence of central stenosis" mean? Thanks in advance if anyone can help. :-D

by User avatar tractor

I can't lose weight and my blood sugar crashes immediately upon eating sugar, what could be wrong?

In lieu of doctors not paying attention and assuming that anyone who is overweight is simply someone who eats a lot, My usual 114 pound frame ballooned to 211 pounds, some of which WAS caused by overeating. However, one year of eating crappy in college shouldn't have caused thatSo now I eat...

by User avatar samreenshinde231076

what is severe spinal stenosis

what is severe spinal stenosis ihave severe back and front leg in my legs my back and arms have began to hurt when i move.what can be done. ia;do have rhumatoid artrititis. RA started at age 32 i am now in the late 50d

by User avatar Guest

seventeen y/o with disc degeneration?

I have had a minor cracking in my neck for three months when I turn my head right. However, this minor cracking has progressed exponentially in the past two weeks. I concluded this was disc degeneration. I've has tingling in my left hand for  the past month also. As I was saying, for the past two...

by User avatar matttm173044

avascular necrosis of the hip

Hi  Do you know of any remedies other than hip replacement that can help avascular necrosis and the pain.  thanks

by User avatar Joan Kesman

discectomy & fusion

I would appreciate some info about procedure of anterior cervical discectomy with fusion. My husband has herniated disk which pressures neural structures…. I don’t really understand this…but his doctor said that he will need this procedure. I am worried, please help me!

by User avatar Guest