Nerve Pain

Stabbing, pricking, jabbing, shooting, electric shock-like pain along with paresthesia, weakness, tingling, and numbness are characteristic of nerve or neuropathic pain. Nerve pain can result from disk herniation and compression, ankylosing spondylitis, nerve pinching, shingles, carpal tunnel syndrome, trauma, multiple sclerosis, narrowing of the spine canal, etc. Physiotherapy and pain medications can help relieve pain.

  
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Why makes the bottom of the feet feel swollen?

Query: Hi doctor,I am having issues with my feet. I feel that they are swollen and numb, but they are not swollen and also there is no discoloration. I do not have any chest pain, lightheadedness, dizziness, shortness of breath, or any unusual pain or ache anywhere else. This usually happens while sitting ...  Read Full »


Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. These symptoms suggest that you are having nerve pain. Nerve pain usually requires some special medications. So, I suggest tablet Pregabalin 75 mg twice daily in the morning and at night for 30 days before food. Continue your B12 vitamin tablets for 30 days. This is a n...  Read Full »

What could be the reason for numbness and pressure in nerves with tingling in head?

Query: Hello doctor, I have numbness, pressure following a nerve path, and tingling in the head while I concentrate more. It has been there for eight years and I have done two MRIs so far and that came back negative.  Read Full »


Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your problem but it is difficult to arrive at a conclusion with limited information. Please tell me in detail. Tell me where exactly you have numbness, I mean where in the head, on top on right, or left, or front, or back of the head? Which nerve path do y...  Read Full »

My mother has pain below her breast and back. Why?

Query: Hello doctor, My mother is 60 years old. Admitted to a nursing home for the past six days having severe pain just below the breast and surrounding the backside. Have done all tests like echo, treadmill test (TMT), ultrasonography (USG), CT scan, and mammogram. Everything is fine. But still the pain...  Read Full »


Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Regarding your concern, I would explain that her symptoms could be related to pancreatitis or a nerve pain. For this reason, I would recommend performing a cervicothoracic spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and some blood lab tests as follows: 1. Amylase and lipas...  Read Full »

What causes pain on the scar line even after two months of circumcision?

Query: Hello doctor, I had an adult circumcision due to persistent candida balanitis two months ago, and I have been experiencing continuous pain on the scar line for five weeks after the surgery. The discomfort went away when the wound healed a little, and I was painless for five days. But when I had firs...  Read Full »


Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thank you for the query. It is not true that nerves never heal. Nerves will heal, but it takes some time. As it is causing pain for an extended period, I guess it to be a neuroma. Do you feel a node or a lump? I hope it will not hurt you anymore. Kindly take table...  Read Full »

My friend has sensory loss and neuropathic pain. Why?

Query: Hi doctor, My friend, who is a 48 years old female, suffered a cerebral vascular accident (CVA) three years back. She was diagnosed with a right thalamic hemorrhagic stroke with pericardial effusion, left hemiparesis, autoimmune thyroiditis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, ischemic unstable angina, gra...  Read Full »


Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thalamus is the part of the brain, through which all sensory information is relayed. After a stroke involving the thalamus, many times, the patient develops thalamic pain syndrome, which is very poorly responsive to medications. But as you told that it was relieved to...  Read Full »

I have pain on the left side of my temple. What could it be?

Query: Hello doctor, From the past three months, I am having pain like irritation of the nerve on the left side exactly on the temple of the head, and in the left jaw in front of the ear. This pain radiates to the back of the ear, below the left jaw, and then radiates to the left side of the neck. The pain...  Read Full »


Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Such radiating pain can be caused by exposed nerves, infection of the tooth or gum, TMJ (temporomandibular joint) disorder, or nerve compression by the wisdom tooth. The pain is still persisting due to surrounding inflammation after removal of the tooth. Infection can be...  Read Full »

I have nerve pain and white hair on the nose. Why?

Query: Hello doctor, I recently had nerve pain in my hands, fingers, and feet. In the last two months, the tip of my nose, hair, and several of my face hairs have gone white. Certain regions of my skin have become sensitive when I touch them. I have a history of gastritis, which flares up. I am getting anx...  Read Full »


Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and can understand your concern. Do you have a history of HIV? Have you got your vitamin D3 and B12 levels checked? I recommend that you begin by taking vitamin A tablets. I hope this helps. Thank you.   Read Full »

What could be the reason for pricking pain in hand due to accident?

Query: Hello doctor, I have nerve pain in my left hand. I had fallen from a bike last one week. Since then I thought it was muscle pain. Today I consulted an MS ortho and he said there is no issue. He gave medicine for pain relief. I was feeling nerve pain in the left hand and the pain is getting sever...  Read Full »


Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I would like to know some details about your symptoms. In which part of the left hand, you have pain? At shoulder? Between shoulder and elbow? At elbow? Between elbow and wrist? At wrist? or In palm and fingers? What kind of pain is it? stretching, or heaviness, o...  Read Full »

I have been diagnosed with ulnar nerve subluxation on the left elbow. What can I do to fix this?

Query: Hello doctor, I am a 25-year-old male and I have been diagnosed with ulnar nerve subluxation on the left elbow due to poor form during weight lifting by my local orthopedic doctor. Symptoms are very mild, there are no tingling, numbness, or stinging sensations on my ring or little fingers. The only ...  Read Full »


Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thanks for the query. You have nicely mentioned your details. I think in your case nothing is required. Surgery is done in severely symptomatic cases where it is subluxated multiple times in a day and affects a person in day-to-day activities. In your case, it is...  Read Full »

Why do I have a burning sensation in my groin area?

Query: Hi doctor, I have a burning sensation in the skin in my groin area, which is making me very hard to walk. I have had it on and off for the past 11 months. I am not sure if it is a skin chafing or jock itch or bacterial infection or something more serious. I tried jock itch cream, but it did not hel...  Read Full »


Answer: Hello, Welcome to cliniq.com. Please answer a few questions. Do you have any itching? Do you have any history of hypertension or diabetes mellitus, or any other systemic disease? Was there any fluid-filled vesicle eruptions? Is it progressing or being persistent? I am looking forward to your respo...  Read Full »

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