I have been diabetic for 15 years and
experianced my first siezure 3 weeks ago.
imiediately after my siezure I was
experiancing some pain right in the middle
of my back. I went to the ER where they
took some Xrays and did a cat scan as
well. They said nothing was wrong and the
pain I felt was normal due to the high
stress on the muscles. They gave me some
pain killers and away I went.
Now it is 3 weeks later. All muscle pain
in my arms and legs has gone away 2 weeks
ago but this pain in my back remains. I
guess I shouldn't call it pain because it
varys in degree of tolerance, let me
explain. I go to bed around 10pm every
night and between 2:30am and 3:00am I wake
up with intense pain in the center of my
back. It's so regular I can almost set my
alarm clock by it. When I wake up, I get
up and walk around, then I sit up on the
couch sitting straight up. Since I only
develope the pain when I sleep laying
down, I spend the rest of the night
sleeping sitting up : (.
The rest of the day, the pain is nothing
more than a discomfort, very light and
does not affect my daily life.
The only other thing that still seems to
be wrong with me since the siezue is an
upper chest discomfort when I sneeze. When
I take a deep breath before sneezing I get
this discomfort that feels like it's just
about to turn into an intense pain, then I
sneeze and everything is fine. Not sure if
this is somehow related. But I think it's
more of a ribcage issue.
So here I am spending 5hrs a night
sleeping, till intense back pain wakes me
up, then I move around and sit up till the
pain goes away enough for me to continue
sleeping in a sitting position.
Not sure what to do at this point. Any
suggestions?
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Tyton
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Sep 2007 Posts: 29 Location: ,
Posted: 11-15-07 10:11am
Hi Bloodthief and welcome to the forum,
What is the quality of your sleeping
surface? How old is your bed and does it
have any dips or sags? Does it give away
under the weight and pressure of your
body? What’s the condition of your box
springs, any broken boards or wide spots
between the boards? If it’s not obvious
by now I would suspect two things
regarding your back pain. First, I
suspect that your bed is creating a bit of
a hammock or sag, which isn’t providing
sufficient support for your spine.
Secondly I would suspect that you have a
vertebra out of alignment. The
combination of the two is creating an
opportunity to create pressure of a nerve.
You might consider seeking the assistance
of a chiropractor and see if your back
symptoms don’t resolve and get a new bed
if that is any way contributing to the
problem.
I agree with your analogy regarding the
upper chest discomfort that you have
described and it’s relation to the rib
cage rather than your back. Depending
upon the strength and severity of the
seizure that you had, it is possible and
not all that uncommon to see cracked
and/or broken ribs post-seizure. I would
give this one some time to see if you
don’t gradually obtain relief while your
ribs heal.
Good luck & best wishes,
Tyton
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 11-16-07 08:38am
It is not unusual to have back pain after
a seizure. Since during the seizure you
body tenses up so badly and you flipping
around all over the place, you back get it
the worst. You might look into pain
theropy.
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expatient
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 128 Location: Finland
Posted: 11-17-07 13:06pm
MsSky
wrote:
It is not unusual to have
back pain after a seizure. Since during
the seizure you body tenses up so badly
and you flipping around all over the
place, you back get it the worst. You
might look into pain
theropy.
Yes. Like manual theraphy, osteopathian
treatment perhaps is a good start...
