Urination and Continence Possibly Caused by Damage to the Ne Posted: 01-29-06 14:55pm
I WAS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT TWO
YEARS AGO. I WEBT TO EMERGENCY ROOM 9
MONTHS AGO. THEY DID AN X-RAY THEY FOUND I
HAD SCOLIOSIS TOP CURVE 36 BOTTOM CURVE
27. TOLD ME TO FOLLOW UP WITH MY DOC FOR
THE SEVERE BACK PAIN ,NUMBNESS, FREQUENT
URINATION AND INCONTINENCE I HAD BEEN
EXPERIENCING. MY DOC SAID AFTER JUST
FEELING MY BACK IT WAS A PULLED MUSCLE HE
SENT ME FOR 6 WKS. PHYSICAL THERAPY. THAT
ANSWER DID SIT RIGHT WITH ME SO WENT TO MY
PARENTS PRIMARY DOC. HE SAID GO AHEAD WITH
PHYSICAL THERAPY AND FOR SCOLIOSIS SENT ME
TO AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON HE SAID DO 2 WKS
OF THERAPY IF THAT DOES NOT WORK CALL HIM
AND HE WOULD SET UP INJECTIONS. FOR THE
NUMBNESS HE SEENT ME TO A NEUROLOGEST HE
DID AN EMG ONE FOR MY NECK BACK AND LEGS
(BOTH ARMS HAD BEEN GOING COMPLETELY
NUMB)(MY LEFT LEG ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FOOT
HAD SHOOTING PAIN)(MY RIGHT LEG AND FOOT
HAD PINS AND NEEDLE FEELINGS )AND ONE FOR
MY ARMS.HE ALSO ORDERED AN MRI. HE FOUND
A TORN DISC, A HERNIATED DISC, PINCHED
NERVES 2 IN NECK, IN MY LOWER BACK AND IN
MY LEGS AND ANKLES.IN MY ARMS I HAVE
CARPAL TUNNEL
NOW IF THE INJECTIONS DO NOT HELP THE
SURGEON SAID HE WOULD DO DISC REPLACEMENT
SURGEY. MY QUESTION IS I ALSO SAW A
UROLOGEST THEY PUT ME ON DETROL LA 4MG A
DAY AND SAID THEY THOUGHT MY URINATION
FREQUENCY AND IN CONTINANCE HAD TO DO WITH
MY BACK PROBLEMS BUT NONE OF THE OTHER
DOCTORS ARE EVEN TOUCHING THIS PROBLEM SO
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?
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Back Pain Answer A319 Posted: 02-11-06 07:49am
The act of urinating is a reflex
controlled by neuron-vegetative nerves
coming from sacral segments of the spinal
cord and local ganglia of the small pelvic
cavity. Any damage to these nerves caused
by trauma or degenerative disease can
disturb the act of urination. Incontinence
(the inability to urinate) is a major
symptom of a disturbed urination reflex.
It sounds as if your nerves are damaged
for the same reason as the nerves in your
arms and legs. You need a common expert
opinion from a orthopedist, neurologist,
urologist and neurosurgeon to confirm this
theory.
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