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Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal cord injury usually occurs as a result of nerve damage. It causes severe back pain. In addition, it may affect the posture of an individual.

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I have constipation due to morphine painkillers. Need help.

Query: Hi doctor,I was admitted to a hospital for three months for a spinal injury and three fractured vertebrae. The doctor said nothing could be done. I developed a dead area on my stomach to injection and touch. I also lost five stones and lost my voice for five months. I have a face rash and developed ...  Read Full »


Dr. Shah Sushma Kant

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I thoroughly read your query and understand your concern. It is a chronic problem, and I do not know any doctor in your place. Following are my suggestions for your problem: Add salad to your diet. Add curd in lunch and take fibrous food. No spicy, junk, or fr...  Read Full »

What is the reason behind my mother-in-law's waist pain?

Query: Hi doctor,My mother-in-law is having difficulty in walking, climbing stairs, and sitting. She is having pain in her waist for the last month. She feels tired and helpless. She always wants to sleep. On some occasions, she becomes unconscious without any reason. When we checked her blood pressure, it...  Read Full »


Dr. Atul Prakash

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Sudden episodes of loss of consciousness and sleepiness sounds like a medical problem. We know that her blood sugar is normal, so are her other blood results (attachment removed to protect patient identity). She is in her early 50s. She is currently taking treatmen...  Read Full »

Why do I have severe pain in around my backbone?

Query: Hi doctor, I am a 26-year-old male, and I get severe pain in the backbone and the surrounding area. What could it be?  Read Full »


Dr. Anshul Varshney

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Kindly answer the following questions for a better assessment of the condition. 1. Since when are you having pain in your back? 2. Is it radiating to your legs? 3. Does it aggravate or relieve on movement and lying down? 4. Is there any history of trauma...  Read Full »

Can spinal cord injury cause numbness and tingling in legs?

Query: Hello doctor, A friend of mine was 81 years old and fell over a brick in his garden. He did not fall from a height, but he hit his head. His neck, arms, and cervical spine got injured. He was lying on the ground for one to one and a half hours before anyone could find him. He tried to get up, but he...  Read Full »


Dr. Solanki Chirag Natwarbhai

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The symptoms suggest spinal cord injury, which may or may not be associated with a neck fracture. Cervical myelopathy is a less severe form of spinal cord injury, but in pre-existing myelopathy, a fall can worsen the symptoms and cause paraplegia or quadriplegia. It is...  Read Full »

My partner had an electric shock a year ago and still has a shock-like feeling and pain. Why?

Query: Hello doctor, My partner got an electric shock to his right arm a year ago. Ever since then, he has felt like he is constantly shocked, and he has been unable to move his arm properly. He is on 750 mg of Lyrica a day to control the shock-like feeling and pain. However, the hand movement has not retu...  Read Full »


Dr. Ramesh Kumar S

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Cases of motor neuron disease are seen after electric shocks. Most likely, your partner is experiencing wasting of muscles due to motor neuron disease post the electric shock. A motor neuron (or motoneuron) is a nerve cell, which directly or indirectly controls the effec...  Read Full »

Can a person die following a spinal injury?

Query: Hello doctor, A friend of mine, who was in his 80's, had a fall in his garden and as a consequence fractured his neck and died from transection of the cervical spinal cord. I will explain what happened.He was in his garden, on a cold winter's day, standing in a ditch, that was not deep or wide when ...  Read Full »


Dr. Aida Abaz Quka

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. 1. Yes, the fall seems to be the cause of the fractured neck and the damage to his spinal cord (attachment removed to protect patient identity). 2. Nothing would have changed if you found him one or two hours before. 3. I think that the fall caused the vertebral colum...  Read Full »

Nine years ago, I had muscle cramping and spasm in my back. Two years later I had a spinal injury. Is it possible that spinal injury occurred due to back spasm?

Query: Hi doctor, Nine years ago, I went to the emergency room because I had muscle cramping and spasm in my back. I got the treatment. There were eight muscle relaxer pills. The problem went away. After two years, I had an injury at work. The next day I could not walk without the assistance of a walker. I...  Read Full »


Dr. Sharoff Lokesh Mohan

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Back muscle spasms can occur without a disc problem like a muscle strain, in which case a prolapsed disc is not related. A disc prolapse can be acute or chronic types. So, it cannot be related to a previous injury you had nine years ago unless an MRI scan was done at t...  Read Full »

My father is suffering from severe pain in the back and leg joints after a backbone injury. Please help.

Query: Hello doctor, I want to discuss my father's backbone injury. He is feeling a lot of pain in his back and leg joints where the leg joins the backbone. He did not pee well and his urine is dark red. Now he is unable to move his legs or stand on his legs. Please help.  Read Full »


Dr. Sharoff Lokesh Mohan

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I went through your query and understood your concern. He has a healed fracture in the L1 vertebra but since he has not passed urine properly, so I suggest you should take him to a specialist doctor. I suggest you get an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of the dorse...  Read Full »

I am a 26-year-old with spinal cord pain at the end near my butt. Please help.

Query: Hi doctor, I am a 26-year-old with spinal cord pain at the end near my butt. And it is swollen, I cannot sit or sleep. Please help. Thank you.  Read Full »


Dr. Sharoff Lokesh Mohan

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. This is called coccydynia, usually due to a fall on the buttocks. It would help to take the following medicines: tablet Ibuprofen 400 mg for ten days after food, tablet Rabeprazole 20 mg for ten days before food, and tablet Shelcal (calcium and ...  Read Full »

Will a person with partially injured cervical spinal cord have mobility and sensory function?

Query: Hi doctor, I have some questions I would like answered on cervical spinal cord injuries, please. If a person only had a partial transection of the cervical spinal cord would their final outcome still be a complete cervical spinal cord injury, where they no mobility or sensory function? Or is it p...  Read Full »


Dr. Aida Abaz Quka

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read carefully your question and would explain that the cervical spinal cord is a very delicate part of the spinal cord because in its beginning are located the most important centers which control the heart rate, the pulmonary function, and the blood pressure valu...  Read Full »

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