Hi folks. Any advice on nerve leg pain, I'm 52 male and I used to walk 3 miles a day to keep fit and keep the blood pressure down, but now I cant hardly walk from the house to the car outside. I had a terrible back pain and leg pain last Christmas and finally had a MRI few months later and results not good 2 discs damaged which is causing the leg nerve pain. Well my leg feels like a rubber leg only way I can describe it and the pain is incredible, I taken so many different drugs and nothing is touching it, I will see my doctors again and get a cmats appointment to see if injections in the discs will work while under xray as I cant see any other why to stop this pain apart from back surgery but on the NHS that could take 12months, can anyone tell me if they can suggest any drugs and if anyone has had injections and did that work? As I'm very tempted to try weed but I don't smoke or drink but not sure where to turn? Paul from Wales.
Hallo Paul
Die üblichen Dinge, die man vor einer Operation versuchen kann, sind
- Physiotherapie
- Antiepileptika wie Lyrica oder Neurontin
- eine Steroidinjektion in den Epiduralraum, um die Entzündung der betroffenen Nerven zu reduzieren
Ich habe schon seit einiger Zeit Symptome, du solltest zuerst die dritte Option in Betracht ziehen, da sie am wahrscheinlichsten den Nerven hilft. Diese werden normalerweise relativ schnell über das NHS verfügbar sein.
Was hat der Arzt, der dein MRI gesehen hat, gesagt?
Physio made it worse never again, I'll try and push for steroid injections in the back and if that fails then I'll have no choice but to try surgery I suppose.
totaly simpathize with you. just had my 2 nd op 9 weeks ago . my first op was an emergency DDD. my second spinal fusion. sadly for me the injections didnt work , infact both made me rather poorley spending 5 days in hospital. if you suffer from high blood pressure i would do some home work , it may make yhings worse.
my 2nd op was done at a private hospital via the nhs , i asked my doc to send me there as was been plamed of by the nhs hospital. the neurosurgen is fab . am still on the road to recovery so early days . but you have the right to be treated where u want and the nhs foot the bill. my friend s getting her op at same hospital she s only waited 2 month from start to finish. mine was about 6 as i have other health issues. good luck
Yes its not nice to be in so much pain I just feel like asking the hospital to chop off my leg as its causing nothing but pain its so bad now its starting to get me very down and not enjoying life to much, but I'm sure there are people out there suffering worse than me, so I'll plod on and keep popping the pills that don't help! I'll go and see my GP and see what we can do from here, thing is they send you to a consultant and thats always a 3 months wait.
Hi,
Sorry to hear that you're suffering. Pain medication wise nothing worked for Sciatica and foot drop for me apart from Pregabalin (Lyrica) but that was only prescribed once I'd been in hospital and seen the Neurologist but it might be worth asking your doctor about in the short term. I've had three nerve root block injections and only one of them worked only for a couple of weeks but they do work for some people so it's worth a try.
It sounds like you may need to see a Neurosurgeon to evaluate your MRI. They will want you to show that you've tried all conservative treatments first before considering operating. I was sent around the houses pretty pointlessly until I ended up in hospital repeatedly.
The pain is the worst, I can't think of anthing else like it even childbirth lol! You have my sympathy as I truely understand where you are coming from.
Good luck
Helen
Thanks Helen. Hope your better and thanks for the advice I will ask the GP to arrange some pain injections or nerve blockers as some days the pain is so much I could jump off a cliff, I can live with the back pain its the bloody leg thats brinings me to tears at 52 wish I could chop it off to take the pain away but thats a bit over the top but its the thoughts you get when you are in so much pain and GPs don't take anything seriously wish I was a lottery winner then it would be private all they way, fingers crossed for a big win one day haha
Hallo Paul
Es gibt noch viele Dinge, die man versuchen kann, also geben Sie nicht auf.
Die Steroidinjektionen (falls sie wirken) sind besser als ein Schmerzmittel. Sie bekämpfen die Entzündung, die den Schmerz verursacht. Das Problem ist, dass das Nervenbündel, das alle Sinne und Bewegungen in Ihrem Bein steuert, selbst entzündet ist, genau dort, wo es die Wirbelsäule verlässt und zum Bein selbst hinabführt.
Da der Nerv durch die Bandscheibe gedrückt wird, ist er entzündet. Nerven sind sehr empfindlich, da braucht es nicht viel. Und je mehr sich der Nerv entzündet, desto mehr schwillt er an, sodass es noch mehr Kontakt mit der Bandscheibe gibt, da kein Platz mehr ist. Die Entzündung veranlasst den Nerv, Ihrem Gehirn "Schmerz" zu melden. Da dieser Nerv für die Empfindung im Bein verantwortlich ist, spüren Sie dort den Schmerz, obwohl das Problem nicht im Bein liegt.
Eine Steroidinjektion soll also die Entzündung bekämpfen. Dadurch sollte die Schwellung reduziert werden, die Entzündung abklingen und somit auch die schmerzhaften Empfindungen.
Aber wenn Sie nicht die Tatsache beheben, dass die Bandscheibe auf den Nerv drückt, wird das Problem wiederkehren. Es könnte in Wochen oder Monaten sein, aber es wird wiederkommen. Aber es verschafft Ihnen Zeit.
Deshalb kommen Physiotherapie oder im schlimmsten Fall eine Operation ins Spiel.
Viele Grüße
Michael
Thanks Michael very helpful information, yes I'm going to push for a steroid injections but our GPs are hopeless down in west Wales you swear there paying for your steroid injections out of there own wages.