how would severing sympathetic nerves to a leg with occluded arteries relieve the patient's pain?
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The nerves are the source of the pain.  Without the nerve, there would be no pain.
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I suppose it depends...i had it done on my right hand,then my left 2 months later.Both times i returned to work 3 days later.Not by choice,we had to eat,but i did fine.Unless you have very small wrists,they go in at the palm of your hand,at the lifeline...maybe that made a difference with my recovery also.\nHowever,carpal tunnel was not the only problem.  I have thoracic outlet syndrome...I can't seem to find a doc to help me.\nIt has become very painful.Most of the symptoms feel the same,only my hands don't stay numb and tingly,they BURN.it extends to the neck and shoulders and causes migraines and a lot of misery.....If there are any questions about your nerve conduction studies or other tests you may have had done ,you may want to mention thoracic outlet to your doctor.Physical therapy can help a lot if it doesn't get too advanced.\nGood Luck with surgery...It will be worth it in my opinion.It did fix my CT :)
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MAN I FEEL FOR YOU I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH R.S,D FOR YEARS NOW . WHICH IS A NERVE DISE. I,M GOING IN DEC.1 TO HAVE ASPINAL CORD STIMULATOR PUT IN TO SEE IF IT WILL CUT DOWN THE SOME SO I CAN GET OFF THE PAIN  MEDS OR CUT DOWN ON HOW MUCH I,M TAKING A DAY.IT SUCKS BUT WHAT CAN YA DO .E MAIL ME AT ICDDPPL1995 @YAHOO.COM.GOOD JUCK
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http://experts.about.com/q/Vascular-Surgery-990/post-femoral-bypass-surgery.htm
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Well, your question was whether diabetic neuropathy can bring on pain in a person's legs.  Yes, it can.  More often, though, is a loss of pain and other sensation in the legs.  That's how a diabetic person can sustain a serious injury to the foot and not feel a thing.\n \nIn your mother's case, I suggest strongly that her physician be alerted to her situation.  There are other anodynes that can be tried (an anodyne is a painkiller).  It's odd that not even morphine relieves her pain, which suggests that drug should simply not be given her anymore.  There is such a thing as drug tolerance, in which the person needs more and more of the drug to come anywhere near the sought-after relief.  In the case of an opiate like morphine, there are complications that can be life-threatening.  \n\nThere are worthwhile alternatives that should be offered your mother.  But the doc has to be made aware of her ongoing discomfort.  There are doctors who are pain specialists; if hers is not one of these, your mother is within her rights to ask for a referral to one.
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If your certain your not diabetic than it is time to see a Dr. and get a referal to a specialist.\nWhat you describe suggests reduced circulation and there are many conditions that this symptom can be attributed to.\n\nNeuropathy or the pain from it responds well to a med called Neurontin.\nBut I am guessing you have been treated since you seem to know the name of your condition?\n\nThis could be anything from wearing tight heels to a vascular/heart condition.\nPlease pursue this with your doctor.
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I had this for a long time in my left heel and did not know what this "knife" in my foot was...until I found out that I had a ruptured disc (L4/L5 area)and the ruptured disc was pushing against the sciatic nerve that was going through the left leg...in your case the ruptured disc is pushing out on the right side and affects your right leg. You COULD stay in bed - flat - for 3 days and see if it gets better...the "red hot inflamed" nerve may calm down a bit and you might feel better...you could take Aleve to calm the inflamation of the nerve...you could get a shot of Cordisone in the spine...anywhichway...you need to see a neurologist who will take an MRI and tell you if you need surgery. In my case I am overweight and they did not want to touch me "with a ten foor pole". I healed mine by going the other way...I found a machine called VAX-D at a chiropractors and (look on google) was able to go 30 times and then I was completely out of pain and able to walk again. \nOther things you will feel with this is numbness in your right thigh...occasionally a nerve-line pain all the way down your right leg and also a "spray" of pain over the top of your right foot. You SHOULD have also a "pilot-lite" burning feeling in your lower back on the right side of the spine where the actual disc is pushing. This is the line of the nerves...from the lower back through the right side of the leg into the foot. Go look at a picture of the nerves that go through the body. \nBonati Institute in Florida will also do Laser surgery for this...but in my case it did not work.\nGood luck!\nThe Oracle
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Its a pinched nerve. use cold pompresses, and pain killers for the first few days, then try heat, If it continuse more than a few days, go to the doctor.
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It depends on whether or not you have been ingesting painkillers like ibuprofen or aspirin.  These NSAIDs have been shown to compromise the integrity of the cell walls in your blood vessels, causing internal hemmoraghing.  The best thing you can do is to seek real, in depth treatment from a massage therapist, chiropractor, or accupuncturist, so that painkillers and prescriptions won't be necessary.  Also, take grapeseed extract and vitamin C (from a whole food manufacturer; no synthetic ascorbic acid), in order to allow your body to repair the damage to your weakened veins.  Good luck.
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I'm glad you are looking for facts about DECOMPRESSION THERAPY...not accupuncture or any other therapy.   I read the answer before mine and I guess they just can't read.  You were pretty clear about not wanting opinions...JUST FACTS ABOUT DECOMPRESSION.  \n\nI have found the following information for you conerning decompression therapy. The majority of studies were based upon an earlier form of decompression therapy called VAX-D.  The modern decompression brings with is significant changes in patient outcomes.   In our clinic patients realize a 60-100% reduction in pain and symptoms. Studies indicate and my own presonal experience has proven that when decompression is applied correctly it can be a tremendous benefit to the patient who suffers with low back pain.       \n\nHere are links to what various scientific and medical communities report about spinal decompression…\n\nhttp://www.painreliefclinics.com/RESEARCH.htm\n\nJournal of Neurological Research, October 2001. For any given patient with low back and referred leg pain, we (the researchers) cannot predict with certainty which cause has assumed primacy. Therefore surgery, by being directed at root decompression at the site of the herniation alone, may not be effective if secondary causes of pain have become predominant. Decompression therapy, however, addresses both primary and secondary causes of low back and referred leg pain. We thus submit that Decompression therapy should be considered first, before the patient undergoes a surgical procedure which permanently alters the anatomy and function of the affected lumbar spine segment. \n\nJournal of Neurological Research, October 2001. Same edition, different study. Dermatosomal Somatosensory Evoked Potential Demonstration of Nerve Root Decompression After VAX-D Therapy. Reductions in low back pain and referred leg pain associated with a diagnosis of herniated disc, degenerative disc disease or facet syndrome have previously been reported after treatment with a VAX-D table…The object of this study was to use dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials (DSSEPs) to demonstrate lumbar root decompression following VAX-D therapy. Seven consecutive patients with a diagnosis of low back pain and unilateral or bilateral L5 or S1 radiculopathy were studied. All patients had at least 50% improvement in radicular symptoms and low back pain and three of them experienced complete resolution of all symptoms. The average pain reduction was 77%. \n\nJournal of Neurological Research, April 1998. Data was collected from twenty-two medical centers for patients who received VAX-D therapy for low back pain, which was sometimes accompanied by referred leg pain. Only patients who received at least ten sessions and had a diagnosis of herniated disc, degenerative disc or facet syndrome which were confirmed by diagnostic imaging, were included in this study; a total of 778 cases. The treatment was successful in 71% of the 778 cases, when success was defined as a reduction in pain to 0 or 1, on a 0 to 5 scale. Improvements in mobility and activities of daily living correlated strongly with pain reduction. \n\nFrom Anaethesiology News, March 2003.. Small, non-randomized follow-up study on the outcomes of decompression therapy on reducing chronic low back pain. Among 23 patients studied, 71% showed more than a 50% reduction in pain immediately after treatment, and 86% showed a 50% or better pain reduction at four years. After four years, 52% of respondents reported a pain level of zero. \n \nTreatment of Discogenic Low Back Pain presentation, The VAX-D Therapeutic Table reduces intradiscal pressure to a minus 150mm Hg., effectively decompressing the disc. With conventional traction intradiscal pressures either increase, remain the same or slightly decrease. Conventional traction devices elicit reflex muscle contraction thus interfering with decompression. The VAX-D table has a time energy distraction curve that is logarithmic, and we believ
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It does sound horrible, but we must educate you on what we are doing.  99% of patients are completely fine with no pain during or tenderness afterward.  If you have tenderness after, take 800mg motrin and use warm salt water rinses. \nI have never had a patient ask for the procedure to be stopped. By the time the numbness is gone, so is any soreness.
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Something like a rubber band is tied around the upper arm.  You pump your fist to bring the vein closer to the surface.  The area is cleansed.  A needle is put in which you will barely feel and which lasts all of 1 second.  After that you should feel nothing at all.  In fact - the rubber band is more uncomfortable than the needle stick.  There is honestly nothing to be afraid of - I do not like having my blood drawn but it does not hurt - other than a needle stick which hurts about as much or less than an insect bite.  Good luck.
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What you are indicating is a highly inflamed area located basically at the base of the skull.. this will involve the cranial nerves. You have described some of the symptoms which are stimulated by those nerves. Also, when you have a repression of the sympathetic nervous system, you will have the over-all symptoms you have described.\n\nI am sure your doctor of Chiropractic will not touch you until he/she sees an x-ray of the area.. Inasmuch as you have been under care there before, it does indicate you have a chronic problem with your posture and your spine. It has actually been a chronic sub-acute condition which was brought to the acute state by your injury. When you tried to relieve the pressure of the upper neck, you encountered that highly inflamed area and set of the chain reaction you experienced; You now are experiencing an imbalance of the autonomic nervous system which can have a drastic effect on all the functions supplied by those 12 cranial nerves. The parasympathetic system has over-ridden the sympathetic (are supposed to balance each other) and this will create other symptoms which you have expressed..Even have become highly sensitive to lights. and perhaps your blood pressure has fallen a bit. The ramifications of the autonomic nervous system are quite diverse. All the vessels and other features controlled by dilation are now enacted..without anything to  balance them, to maintain a normal state.\n\nWould be very important to get your DC's opinion on your condition.
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Trapped nerve is not a diagnosis. you may have a compressed nerve but you don't indicate which part of the leg is having the pain..The femoral and sciatic nerve both supply the leg.. Would wonder why you have allowed it to continue for 7 months..That allows the inflammatory process to progress. When you get no relief, you may want to consider visiting a doctor of Chiropractic..
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Lidocaine will numb the area.But you need a prescription for it.
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It depends upon where the clot is located in the body - brain, heart, lungs, legs or arms, etc. and how big the clot or occluded vessel is...\n\nClots can lead to pain and tissue death if left untreated.  In the heart or brain they can lead to more rapid deterioration and death.\n\nClots in the leg usually can be caught and treated before they cause problems (move to the lungs, heart, or brain).\n\nBlood clots in the heard, lungs, and brain are the most damaging and life threatening.
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prob. not. it's best if you don't see what they are doing. plus...it is a complicated sugery and local anestethic may not be enough to dull the pain.