osteoarthritis in neck and dizziness Posted: 06-17-08 13:22pm
Please can any of you HELP my poor mum has
osteoarthritis in her neck ..the bad pain
is bad but the dizziness she gets with
this far out weighs the neck pain . If she
takes pain killers she dizzy / giddy or
she doesent take pain killers she
dizzy/giddy ..The doctor has said that she
is stuck with the giddiness ...she has
tried travel sickness pills prescribed by
the doctor but these made no differance
... Please can anybody help .
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RichT
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Posted: 06-17-08 21:48pm
Hello Royalruby,
I would highly recommend that your mum
seek the advice of another doctor. Pain
killers only cover up the pain. They do
NOTHING to correct what is wrong. PLEASE
seek out the very best spinal surgeon in
your area that you can find. Second, and
yes third opinions are most important.
NO, your mum is NOT "stuck with the
giddiness". I am not a doctor, but any
doctor who would tell me that would make
me run to see a better doctor.
I wish your mum the very best. Do let us
know how things go.
RichT
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Zak_han
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Posted: 06-21-08 12:38pm
From the description of your mum symptoms,
you mum have chronic daily neck tension
type. Chronic daily neck tension can be
caused by many different diseases and can
lead to occipital neuralgia, in your mum
case, it seems that your mum is not only
osteoarthritis ,but also suffering from
"cervical facet syndrome" . there are
several things that you need to beware:
If your mum haven't had MRI cervical spine
before, it's probably best to have it done
to see if there's any nerve impingement or
cord compression. When your mum have
nerve compression in the cervical cord
region, your mum may experience pain,
dizziness,or numbness, tingling sensation,
and weakness in her arm. A good
neurological examination by a neurologist
can identify those problems. Good luck!
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 06-30-08 18:09pm
Zak, I am a little comfused here. Maybe
you can help me out. I was under the
impression that an MRI is insconclusive of
nerve ending dimpigement. When I had mine
done with and without contrast, the
results amongst other things came back
saying that L,5 looked to possibily be
laying on a nerve. As if it were (as I
said) an inconclusive diagnosis. I know
the contrast can interact with most
impairments but, I am confused on this
nerve thing. I was able to recognize facet
changes though. So, I did learn something
from the MRI disc that my son had done.
Also where the fluid had dried up was very
identefiable.
