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Pain In The Hip, Taking Zerodol And Shelcal, MRI To Be Done. Any Other Medication?
Question: 1. My age is 25 and I am a Software Engineer.
2. I used to be an athlete in my school/college days. But I don’t remember any such injuries in the same area. It used to happen in winter around 1 or 2 years before. For the last 2 weeks it had increased.
3. No x-ray has been done yet but my last doctor recommended me to perform a X-ray or MRI in that area after taking the below mentioned medicines for 15 days.
4. The prescription is not available with me right now. But I will surely send you a scanned copy of it within two working days.
I am suffering from a pain at the hip area. The area where my left leg starts, in the upper thigh or hip region. Its hapening from the past 2 weeks. It had also hapened some time before in winter. When I walk, or when I step up on a staircase, it is sometimes hard to put stress on my left leg as it pains there. I have already seen 2 doctors, one who just gave me pain killers. Right now i am having Zerodol and ShelCal 500 tablets once a day which has been prescribed by 2nd doctor. Its getting better but still i would like to take an opinion of yours. Is there any different medicine or any test you would suggest?
2. I used to be an athlete in my school/college days. But I don’t remember any such injuries in the same area. It used to happen in winter around 1 or 2 years before. For the last 2 weeks it had increased.
3. No x-ray has been done yet but my last doctor recommended me to perform a X-ray or MRI in that area after taking the below mentioned medicines for 15 days.
4. The prescription is not available with me right now. But I will surely send you a scanned copy of it within two working days.
I am suffering from a pain at the hip area. The area where my left leg starts, in the upper thigh or hip region. Its hapening from the past 2 weeks. It had also hapened some time before in winter. When I walk, or when I step up on a staircase, it is sometimes hard to put stress on my left leg as it pains there. I have already seen 2 doctors, one who just gave me pain killers. Right now i am having Zerodol and ShelCal 500 tablets once a day which has been prescribed by 2nd doctor. Its getting better but still i would like to take an opinion of yours. Is there any different medicine or any test you would suggest?
Hi,
Thanks for asking the query.
You have not mentioned whether the pain is infront in thigh or behind in the hip. Both have different diagnosis. If the pain goes from behind your back and felt more in hip or buttock region it would most likely be neurological or possibly sciatic in origin. If pain goes in front or felt more during movement of leg then its likely to be a condition of hip joint per se.
Lets consider its your hip joint involvement. Your age is unlikely to have severe cartilage defect or osteoporosis. So it could be an inflammation of joint with a possible involvement of joint capsule and synovium. In any case you most definitely need hip examination clinically and later radiologically. MRI shall be most accurate and will reveal most minor detail at an early stage.
Many a times a diagnosis is difficult to establish. So there are conditions which go unexplained. The treatment wont vary much though. Those antiinflammatory drugs are helpful but the calcium supplement seems unnecessary.
I'm glad its improving. So nothing new needs to be done, except avoiding things that aggravate the pain. If this relapses in future get the xray and MRI done without delay.
I hope this helps you understand the situation.
If you need help understanding anything else feel free to ask.
Good luck.
Thanks for asking the query.
You have not mentioned whether the pain is infront in thigh or behind in the hip. Both have different diagnosis. If the pain goes from behind your back and felt more in hip or buttock region it would most likely be neurological or possibly sciatic in origin. If pain goes in front or felt more during movement of leg then its likely to be a condition of hip joint per se.
Lets consider its your hip joint involvement. Your age is unlikely to have severe cartilage defect or osteoporosis. So it could be an inflammation of joint with a possible involvement of joint capsule and synovium. In any case you most definitely need hip examination clinically and later radiologically. MRI shall be most accurate and will reveal most minor detail at an early stage.
Many a times a diagnosis is difficult to establish. So there are conditions which go unexplained. The treatment wont vary much though. Those antiinflammatory drugs are helpful but the calcium supplement seems unnecessary.
I'm glad its improving. So nothing new needs to be done, except avoiding things that aggravate the pain. If this relapses in future get the xray and MRI done without delay.
I hope this helps you understand the situation.
If you need help understanding anything else feel free to ask.
Good luck.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Hi Dr. XXXXXXX Wankhede,
The location of the pain is marked with red. It is sometimes not possible to stress on the left leg as it aches in this region. I am looking for the exact reason. I am still having those Zerodol and Slelcal 500 tablets. If you suggest something else or if you could find the exact reason it would be very helpful.
Thanks and regards
XXXXXXX
The location of the pain is marked with red. It is sometimes not possible to stress on the left leg as it aches in this region. I am looking for the exact reason. I am still having those Zerodol and Slelcal 500 tablets. If you suggest something else or if you could find the exact reason it would be very helpful.
Thanks and regards
XXXXXXX
Dear XXXXXXX
Thanks for uploading the picture. It has been most helpful.
The marked region shows the anterior part of the hip joint. You most likely have a pathology of the joint like cartilage defect,capsular tear or synovial inflammation. It is not uncommon in our country to have joint infection, that too of chronic duration like TB. In any case to diagnose it better one would require an xray to begin with and later an MRI of the joint along with some blood profile.
You may continue Tab Zerodol for as long as your physican advised you. I dont suspect any gross calcium deficiency at your age so you might consider discontinuing shelcal.
Hope I answered your query. I'm available for any further questions.
Wish you an early recovery.
Thanks for uploading the picture. It has been most helpful.
The marked region shows the anterior part of the hip joint. You most likely have a pathology of the joint like cartilage defect,capsular tear or synovial inflammation. It is not uncommon in our country to have joint infection, that too of chronic duration like TB. In any case to diagnose it better one would require an xray to begin with and later an MRI of the joint along with some blood profile.
You may continue Tab Zerodol for as long as your physican advised you. I dont suspect any gross calcium deficiency at your age so you might consider discontinuing shelcal.
Hope I answered your query. I'm available for any further questions.
Wish you an early recovery.
Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
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