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Physical pain is a part of life. We all experience it, whether a scrape on the knee or a broken bone, receptors in our bodies sent pain signals all the way from our extremities to our brains. Here you might ask and answer questions about unexplained pain, what it could mean, and what to do about it.

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Does narcotics relieve pain induce sleep and elevate mood?

Narcotic drugs were designed to alleviate pain. It is usually prescribed for painful conditions such as arthritis. It is usually prescribed along with Tylenol.

How can you say ouch?

Don't you know how to talk?

What is the phobia of being shocked?

It is called "Electrophobia".

Hope this helped, Lovetta...

Rx what usually causes burning pain at lower thumb and hand area?

I'm guessing you mean inside the hand and I had that when my nerves were inflamed. Go see a doctor.

I woke up with your pointer finger hurting I did not get a cut or anything what can it be?

Probably inflammation, if it persist go and see a doctor about it as it may be a precursor to a more wide spread condition.

Which doctors specialize in peripheral neuropathy and peripheral myopathy?

Neuropathy is a condition of the nerves that causes numbness, tingling, pain or pins and needles sensations in the hands, feet, arms or legs. It occurs differently for different people, but is always caused by nerve damage of some sort. All Neuropathy is damage to the nerves.

Peripheral neuropathy is when the nerve damage in the peripheral nerves and not the central nervous sysstem.

Neuropathy is caused by the breakdown of the myelin sheath around the nerves. Without this protection the electrical signals are not transferred properly just like if you stripped the covering off the electrical wires in you house.

What can you do to ease the pain after a bunionectomy?

Having your foot elevated and icing the underside along with pain killers as directed for use. Don't wait for the pain to start because it takes longer to get rid of it.

What is the difference between peripheral neuropathy and polyneuropathy?

Peripheral neuropathy three types-Focal,Multifocal (mononeuropathy multiplex)and generalized (Polyneuropathy)

Can sinus pain increase arthritis pain?

If the sinus pain is the result of some type of infection there is a chance that it could be responsible for a flare up of arthritis.

Is it bad when you are only 10 and you have rly bad back pain?

It's not automatically a bad thing.

See your doctor to get an opinion of what's going on. My guess is that it will be something pretty simple and that the doctor can get your pain relieved quickly.


Try not to worry. Usually the things we worry about never happen.

What is the effect on the kidney of a person with anorexia?

Anorexia can commonly cause organs to become starved due to a lack of food and adequate nutrients. This can lead to organ malfunction or failure. Anorexia has also been known to cause anemia. The kidneys can have trouble processing nutrients and waste in the body, and can also begin to develop kidney stones.

How do you stop getting split lips?

Well first of all keep yourself hydrated. Secondly wash it out with hot salty (1 tbs of salt) water before and after each meal. Third, you can use orajel or something to numb the pain hope you get well soon

W would passing gas make your back hurt t?

If farts come out of your back, then yes. Or if the muscular expulsion of gas bubbles from the bladder and small intestines (a fart) just hurts so bad :P

If you pinch a nerve will it affect the brain?

No, aside from the brain knowing something does not feel right.

What are the functions of parathormone?

It stimulates the reabsorption of calcium, the conservation of calcium by the kidneys, the reabsorption of phosphates.

What causes sharp pain on the right side of the back right below the rib cage does not hurt like kidney stones but is a sharp pain that hurts more when move or push anything or a dull pain all day?

My husband has this extremely sharp pain on his right side on his back, just below the rib cage. He also has had kidney stones and the pain is different than the type of pain they caused. It only hurts when he makes certain movements. He has had MRI's and an x-ray, but nothing shows up. Is it a muscle strain or does anyone else who has experienced this problem know what is causing this pain?

What is abrasion caused by wind?

Wind Abrasion is more often called "windburn", as exposure to constant wind dries out the skin, and the abrasive action of the air flowing over the skin at high speed 'burns' it , or rather severely abrades the skin itself.

The best protection is anything that will keep the wind from constantly flowing over exposed skin. If it's already happened, then standard medications for dry, chapped skin are what's best to be used. "Chapstick" is so named because "Chapping" is also another name for wind abrasion; Chapstick was developed specifically to combat wind chapping of the lips, and can be used around the eyes as well.

What kind of kidney problem is it when you have severe back pain in the back by the right kidney and it feels like something is inside your kidney with sudden jolts of pain that grabs the kidney?

Probably the most common cause is pyelonephritis, which is an infection of the kidney. It could be caused by a number of other things as well, so having a urine test and possible other testing to identify the problem is important. You want to preserve your kidneys; going without them is not a good life.

I had 2 laminectomies L5 and S1 surgeries now 2 years later i have small joint pain in both hands and pain in the bottom of both feet i still have radiating pain down my buttocks?

The pain in your hands is likely unrelated to the pain in your feet and back, unless it's arthritis and it's spread that far, which is not uncommon. Having had 3 multi-level fusions myself, I have a lot of arthritis in my spine, but also throughout my hands from other injuries and problems.

The nerves in your hands are controlled from the cervical spine, and if you've got a degenerative spinal condition, you might also be having disk problems in you neck around the C5/6/7 vertebrae.

You can't also discount the possibility that the L4/5 disk is going bad. One of the problems with any fusion is that it puts stress on the vertebrae/disk directly above the fusion site (fulcrum effect), and over time it'll start manifesting itself. That's how I wound up with a 3rd fusion at L3/4 7 years after my fusion at L4/S1.

While it's possible that you're just dealing with the effects of scar tissue buildup around the laminectomy area, if it's pressing on the nerve bad enough you should get a CT/Myelogram or MRI performed to be sure and rule out a hardware problem.

As far as the radiating leg pain, don't rule out a bad surgical procedure either; of the 3 laminectomies I've had, the first 2 were done improperly. At the time of course, I didn't know or even suspect it, given that there sure wasn't anything revealed to me by my surgeon or the radiology "pros" who had read my pictures.

I spent 7 years with extreme pain after that second fusion, and chalked it up to the dangers of back surgery. It wasn't until I went in for my 3rd (using a different surgeon this time) that I was informed my first 2 surgeries were so badly performed, the surgeon asked me if I had any litigation pending against my former surgeon.

As it turned out. 2 of the pedicle screws from that second operation were screwed in too far, into tissue and 2 leg nerves (one for each side) which was confirmed during surgery by an EMG. I was told that my legs reacted to the electrical stimulus to the screws so badly it made the surgery team jump.

In addition, I have one screw in my neck that is screwed into a disk, with only the last 2 or 3 threads actually into bone. The bone growth is now too advanced to remove it, unless it becomes paralyzing or life-threatening.

Even though they removed my old hardware (I still have some between L3/4 and of course in my neck), the nerve damage was done. Even though the pain is less. as the scar tissue builds up again, it's pressing on the nerve to the point where it's getting harder to walk again.

My point is, don't just assume the lower spinal surgery was done properly, and sure as hell don't take your surgeon's word for it. Granted, any spinal surgery is high risk, but there's a big difference between high risk and plain incompetence. The only way you can really determine the problem is to find another Neurosurgeon from a good school to check you out. You might also want to check and see if there's any malpractice litigation pending against your old surgeon - you never know.

If your insurance will allow it, try to find another surgeon that's outside of your current medical system (e.g., local hospital area). If there's a problem with your insurance, just tell them that you don't feel comfortable with that system's doctors or hospital; usually they'll understand. The closest hospital to me has tried and come very close to killing me with hospital mistakes, so any time my insurance company asks why I want to go to another hospital, I just bring that up and they don't argue about it.

How do you sleep at night with all that nagging pain?

I use the bio mag, the woolrest bio, mag!

o ya! Well i sleep with women it works JUST RIGHT!!!!! OH BABY WOOOH just last night i had pains than i slept someone and i felt MUCH MUCH better man.