Hi.. I have a question about my daughter
who is 8 years old. She was sliding down
a hill on a snowy day and some how a boy
came in front of her and she hurt her
back. I have taken her to many doctors
and every one was telling me it is just
muscle spasm that will take time. Now 3
months later I decided to consult a family
friend who is a rheumatologist. He
decided to do an xray and found that she
has compression fractur of thoracic 10, 11
and 12. She has been suffering ..Crying
almost daily of the back pain. Now she
hasn't been eating also ..She has loss of
appetite and I find her depressed. I
suggested that I take her to physiotherapy
and today was her first day. She
basically can't stand staight at all. She
walks bending down almost looking at the
floor ..In agony ..And just in pain. She
can't tolerate advil she just vomits after
few doses. I do't know how to help her.
I am in pain with her. Should I ask for
an orthopedic opinion. Today in the phsio
the doctor said it will take some time
becaus eit has been 3 months. Any advice
on how this should be handled? Any advice
on what activities she should do and what
she should avoid? A month ago when they
thought it was muscle injury to sleep on a
sleeping bag? Should she continue to do
that?
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renee06
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 20 Location: Memphis
Posted: 02-17-07 20:20pm
I'm sorry to hear about your daughter. I
have back problems myself and I have been
to many many doctors and none of them seem
to help. How does she describe her pain?
I have sharp, stabbing, numbing pains on
the sides of my back. I just went to the
doctor yesterday and she said I had
bladder inflammation. I told her about
the pains in my back and she just nodded
her head. I've had bladder infections
before and I know what the pain feels
like, so i've got that pain, plus this
stabbing pain i've had for about a month
or so. She gave me muscle relaxers, so I
think she thinks it's maybe a muscle
sprain or something. But they don't seem
to help. What kind of doctor should I go
to? As for your daughter...I don't know
what her pain is like, but I bet a heating
pad would help her. That's what I use.
And a nice, hot bath. And a friend told
me a while back when you have problems
with your back you need to sleep on the
ground, but who wants to do that? I
don't, and I haven't tried it. It just
seems like it would make it worse!
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