Hi,
my wife (24) is experiencing a very back
pain condition. Historically she started
having severe back pain when she was about
15 one day when she was in school..She
couldn't;t remember of any accidents or
events that triggered that. But ever
since that incident she would have a
severe lower back pain followed by a
pinching pain going down to the thighs not
down to the legs but making her leg weak
and unable to walk. She used to take
complete bed rest for about 15 days and
she would be back to normal. The
condition briefly went away for a couple
of years and she thought she was fine
but..
This year the condition came back couple
of months back when she had severe lower
back pain and we saw the gen doctor and
the lower back lumbar x-rays were done , a
mri was done with contrast they both came
back negative. The doc was thinking it
was muscle related gave her a muscle
relaxant that hepled the lower back pain
but now she has pain all over her back and
sever pain in her right thigh and upper
right arm.
She is also finding it difficult use her
right hand fingers.
The doc has ordered for a emg test
now..Not sure what it could be
it sounds really scary..Her appetite gone
very very low. She feels really sick.
Anyone heard of this or point us to where
we should go next. It has been 2 months
since we have been seeing our pcp shoudl
we go to a spine / neuro specialist ?
Thanks for your patience. Any thoughts
would be appreciated by us.
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krisrench1
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 21 Location: new hampshire
Posted: 08-09-06 20:10pm
Yes you should go to a spine and neuro
specialist...It sounds to me like she has
a tumor in her spine given that it came on
and all went away and then came back again
and also by its diffuse nature affecting
two extremities...Get some blood work done
and make sure all the levels are fine to
rule out any sort of infection. Often
appetite diminishes with pain and
depression and is not necessarily a direct
side effect of this condition. I would
recommend that you ask your primary care
physician refer you to a neurologist and
go from there. Are her symptoms
worsening still? The symptoms you
describe are consistent with that from
what I have seen in my therapy practice.
