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It is painful after cast removal from a fractured hand. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, My 66-year-old mother had a distal radius fracture in her right hand two months back. She has diabetes, hypertension, hypothyroidism, ASD, and osteoporosis. The doctor performed a K-wire fixation and put a plaster of Paris cast from her fingers all the way up to her shoulder (just a li... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Sorry to hear that the surgery and its outcome have not met your level of expectations. I would like to see the entire set of X-rays before I can comment on the healing of the fracture, as well as the timing of the removal of wires. Usually, the wires are removed aro... Read Full »
I have continuous pain on the right side of my body. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I am suffering from continuous pain, a sensation in the whole right half of my body with an epicenter of this chronic pain somewhat near my last rib, backside, right side near the corner end of my lung, or near to liver. This chronic pain started with a fever eight and a half years bac... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have seen your reports (attachment removed to protect patient identity), and I have some questions for you. Do you have the urge to pass urine? If you cannot pass for some reason, what will happen? Do you get severe pain? Do you leak urine? I feel you may have an o... Read Full »
Query: Hello doctor, Since 19 months, I have had severe problems with tingling in my feet. This started one week after a 16.88 miles run, where I suddenly got pain in my feet and had to stop. The pain went away, but the tingling started in my left foot one week later. At first, some intermittent buzzing in... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. If NCV (nerve conduction velocity) and EMG (electromyography) had been normal, there is possibility can be: 1. Muscle fatigue. 2. Ligament or soft tissue injury pain. 3. Mild neuropraxia due to some soft tissue injury, which is not evident in NCV. 4. Radiculopathy. I ... Read Full »
Can complex regional pain syndrome be cured?
Query: Hi doctor, I am writing this to inform you that I have had a crushing/pressured injury in my hands while I was at work three weeks ago as I was pushing set of 10 chairs with the chair trolly and they were quite heavy as I was pushing the trolly forward it managed to almost lean towards me in other w... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read carefully your question and would explain that your symptoms are suggestive of a pinched nerve (nerve compression). The nerve compression could be on the wrist (carpal tunnel or) or in the neck (a possible bulging intervertebral disk), which is causing radicu... Read Full »