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Nerve pain after discitis/osteomylitis of lumbar spine

Posted by momchesney @momchesney, Apr 28 10:50am

Has anyone had or knows someone who had osteomyelitis/dicitis of lumbar spine and is still suffering chronic severe nerve pain more the 3 yrs. out?
The sharp pain is so bad in bed, trying to turn over or get out of bed and now it is worse riding in car and sometimes walking. Therapy only made pain worse. Currently take gabapentin and Tizanidine.
Any suggestions?

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momchesney | @momchesney | May 3 5:53am
In reply to @gently "momchesney, do you know if the original cause was viral or bacterial. Some develop chronic nerve..." + (show)
@gently

momchesney, do you know if the original cause was viral or bacterial. Some develop chronic nerve pain, if there is nerve damage. You may have had subsequent or consequent damage to the disc or vertebra. And there may be remedy for the pain. You might ask for an MRI of the area to determine what can be done to resolve the pain. I hope it can be resolved. Three years of suffering is too long. I'd suggest that you don't wait for the MRI.

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I did have surgery after infection cleared. L3 disc was completely destroyed by infection. So surgery was to fuse L3-5.
However it didn’t relieve the pain totally. I am at least able to walk and rarely get a spasm across my entire body any more.

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laura2025 | @laura2025 | May 3 8:21am
In reply to @momchesney "I am surprised you are not in the hospital ED already, it is quite an emergency...." + (show)
@momchesney

I am surprised you are not in the hospital ED already, it is quite an emergency. I pray the biopsy goes well! Maybe be went well and they kept me quite comfortable.
They did find both acute and chronic osteomyelitis. This only means the infection/inflammation has been there a little while and is still present.

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My doctor who is a general family dr stated he has never had a patient with this. Were you under the care of a neurologist?

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momchesney | @momchesney | May 3 11:04am

Yes I was under the care of a neurosurgeon! I was also under the care of an infectious disease specialist, and pain management. I was at Penn State Hersey PA, hospital.

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