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Spinal Cord Compression and treatment - Dr Sravan - Rajahmundry
Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
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City:
Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh
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Demand
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Rs 1,000
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Symptoms of spinal cord compression can develop quickly or slowly. It depends on the cause. Injuries may cause immediate symptoms. Tumors or infections may cause symptoms that develop over days or weeks. Wear and tear of the spine may take years to cause symptoms.
These are common symptoms:
Pain and stiffness in the neck, back, or lower back
Burning pain that spreads to the arms, buttocks, or down into the legs (sciatica)
Numbness, cramping, or weakness in the arms, hands, or legs
Loss of sensation in the feet
Trouble with hand or leg coordination
"Foot drop," weakness in a foot that causes a limp
Loss of sexual ability
Treatment depends on the cause and your symptoms. It may involve medicines, physical therapy, injections, and surgery. Except in cases of emergency, such as cauda equina syndrome or a broken back, surgery is usually the last resort.
Medicines may include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that relieve pain and swelling and steroid injections that reduce swelling.
In more acute spinal cord compression, high-dose steroids are used to save nerve cells until other treatment can be given.
Radiation therapy may be used to shrink tumors that are compressing the spinal cord.
For more information consult our expert Dr G Geetasravan at Dermacure clinic. Rajahmundry
These are common symptoms:
Pain and stiffness in the neck, back, or lower back
Burning pain that spreads to the arms, buttocks, or down into the legs (sciatica)
Numbness, cramping, or weakness in the arms, hands, or legs
Loss of sensation in the feet
Trouble with hand or leg coordination
"Foot drop," weakness in a foot that causes a limp
Loss of sexual ability
Treatment depends on the cause and your symptoms. It may involve medicines, physical therapy, injections, and surgery. Except in cases of emergency, such as cauda equina syndrome or a broken back, surgery is usually the last resort.
Medicines may include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that relieve pain and swelling and steroid injections that reduce swelling.
In more acute spinal cord compression, high-dose steroids are used to save nerve cells until other treatment can be given.
Radiation therapy may be used to shrink tumors that are compressing the spinal cord.
For more information consult our expert Dr G Geetasravan at Dermacure clinic. Rajahmundry
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