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Pain
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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Yeah they do, but no more really than it would hurt a boy, maybe apart from the fact that a girl would then have to spend a while re-applying her make-up. Although it's not very nice to give swirlys in the first place.
The diagnosis is the report from the Radiologist, and is just a fancy way of saying that you have a herniated disk at L3-L4, and that the disk is pressing on the nerve, causing pain down the entire nerve pathway, which ends at the inner part of your knee.
Spinal pain due to disk herniations can always be traced by following the nerve pain pathway the patient is complaining about. All spinal nerves follow a known path from the spine to different areas of the body. Knowing which nerve path is having pain tells the doctor and patient which disk/s are involved. For example, nerve pain down the back of the legs is caused by disk herniations at L5 pressing on the sciatic nerve. Herniations at the Cervical spine at C5/6/7 result in severe pain in the left arm.
As far as treatment, it depends on the nature and extent of the disk damage. Once a disk is herniated (the medical term for a bulge or rupture of the disk membrane) it will eventually retract into position with proper treatment and rest. But the disk membrane at that point will always be weak - there's no way around that and it'll be like that the rest of your life. What you CAN do is to help ensure that you don't put yourself in a position to stress that disk again, and there are a range of exercises that are available that you can ask your doctor about. Your best option for exercise is a pool - swimming/aquatic therapy is low impact and high strength and is the best for disk rehab.
The area of your body you want to strengthen are your abdominal muscles, but you also want to concentrate on flexibility. Most people exercise without proper stretching, and that usually leads to problems. You should stretch a minimum of 30-45 minutes to get any effective flexibility.
Again though, it depends on the reason for the herniation to begin with - an accident, fall, disease, etc. If you're like me and have both spinal disease and damage from other problems then you're limited to the things you can do. You do need to research why you're having disk problems and what the long term diagnosis is from your doctor. Only knowing why it happened can you determine what to do in the future. But whatever you do, do it and stick with it. After 3 major spine operations, I can honestly tell you that you don't want to go through what I have. Ever.
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How do you make shots hurt less?
As far as flu shots and any other injection. After a flu shot years ago that I did not feel whatsoever, I asked the tech that gave it to me what the secret was? She said that when the area is cleaned with alcohol, she let the alcohol completely evaporate before puncturing the skin. Because it's the alcohol being taken into the "wound" that hurts. I have had this conversation every time since, to see if the person administering the injection was aware and it is surprising how many aren't. But if done properly, it makes a difference.
I hope this is what was being looked for and helps.
Why do your hips and leg ache when you get a cold?
Body and muscle aches are common symptoms of colds and flu. However, if it is always your hips and legs that ache (typically the aches from these viruses are more generally located and vary in each episode of infection) it should be discussed with your health care professional to determine if the viruses are causing it or if something else is at play.
Are curtis and ella married from house of pain?
No they are not. Cora and brown ( david and tamela mann) are though
One of your testacles are swollen what can cause this?
sorry but you might have chlymedia.
go see a doctor.
What do Chest pain on the left side that come in waves lasting 5 seconds indicate?
heart palpatations, a low heart rate.
Your cut has redness around it and it is dark red and black What do you do?
If it's red, dark black, with yellow discharge and pain, it's infected. If you don't get on a course of antibiotics right away, it could lead to blood poisoning and death. Infections are nothing to mess around with - these days we don't tend to consider them as health risks, but less than a 100 years ago they were fatal in most cases.
If it's scabbed over, with no yellow discharge, pain or fever, and a bit red, then that's not unusual for a healing cut.
Infections are pretty obvious = the pain will increase until the blood is poisoned, and if not attended to the surrounding tissue may also become gangrenous. Pain, fever and yellow discharge from the cut wound are the 3 main indicators of an infection.
Can pregnancy cause back pain?
Not only can it does! if you take the weight you carry on the front (baby+all the liquid in the womb) and take that times 9, you will get the weight that is actually added on your back. Normally if you gain weight the weight is spread around but not that part when pregnant.
You also have the pelvis getting softer so the baby can press through without getting stuck.
Back pain is very normal during pregnancy.
Do you do it for long time AND enjoy it..
Pain tension and weakness in a leg after walking has begun but absence of pain at rest?
claudication.
What SPL is the threshold of pain?
130 dB is an SPL commonly considered to be the threshold of pain. Between 120 and 140.
http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~jos/st/DB_SPL.html
If the pain is sharp and off-center a bit from the middle of the back around the waistline, you could have mild disk herniation pressing on a nerve. This kind of pain typically radiates into the posterior tissue (front of the body). That it's only on the right side is typical of disk problems, as you usually feel it only on one side.
As far pain going away during your period, several factors can affect disk pain. Many women usually take some type of medicine to ease with cramping during their period, and the types of meds taken usually reduce inflammation. Disk herniations are reduced by anti-inflammatory meds. Also, hormonal changes, and the bloating and other uncomfortable effects associated during menstrual cycles can mask pain or alter pain perceptions in the brain. While the pain may still be there, pain in other areas makes it seem like it's not - the brain can be fooled by other pains and distractions, which is one method of mental pain control.
However, the most likely explanation is that disk pain, especially if it's not that bad (bad herniations will leave you unable to walk and in excruciating pain), will eventually go away if the disk inflammation hasn't been aggravated further and allowed to ease. Typically when we feel pain, we tend to lower activities that aggravate it.
If you have accompanying pain in the back of the leg, knee, thigh or side of the right leg, a disk problem is even more likely.
In the end it depends on the type of pain. Disk pain is sharp and sometimes burning, depending on the severity. Muscle spasms feel tight and somewhat sharp. Muscle pain is achy and throbbing.
Having severe back/spine problems for many years, I've required the use of opiates for a long time to deal with my pain. However, there are some OTC meds that I use when I don't need or feel like taking them. Bayer Back and Body Aspirin is one; Tylenol Rapid Release gel-tabs are the other.
If you think the descriptions I've listed fit what you're experiencing, then your best option is to see either a Pain specialist or a Chiropractor. At the very least you should let your regular doctor know about it.
What is the best thing to do after you throw out your arm?
Ice. Because you've thrown out your arm the muscle is going to be inflamed so ice will help keep the swelling down. It would be best to then drink alot of water so that your muscles and joints can be hydrated.
I let mine grow over when I was younger and pierced them again a few after and I don't think it hurt more then before, it was probably about the same. It think it all depends on how long you wait until you repierce it, if they are still a little sore from the previous piercing then it may hurt more then if they were completely heald. Lobe piercing aren't generally that painful anyway so I wouldn't worry too much about it. I will suggest though that if you are going to get them done again go to a piercing studio that uses a needle instead of the gun to pierce your ears they heal up so much easier and its less trauma to the ear. Good Luck!
