Suggest Treatment For Severe Pain At The Base Of The Skull After A Fall

Posted on Fri, 5 Aug 2016

Question: Hi, I fell on the concrete three weeks ago and I really hurt my shoulder;now I have severe pain at the base of my skull. I also have a fever and pain all the way to my foot on that one side. It really hurts my hips if I lay on my side(sore side up) I am becoming low on energy lately and I have been getting worse. I have an x-ray scheduled for next week but still no idea as to what it is,anyone know what is going on?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
I think you have muscle injury

Detailed Answer:
Hello, I have studied your case and I think you have two problems.
1.pain on back of head, shoulder- this is mostly related to fall. You may have injured your muscles and it needs rest, hot water fomentation and pain killer like ibuprofen. As you are saying that you are planning to get x rays so it will confirm the diagnosis.
2.pain on one side of body and fever.
I think this fever can be due to stress of the injury. It can be due to infection in body. You need to check if you are having cough or burning urination. In case there is infection then you might need to take antibiotics.
3.Weakness can be due to fever, or low B 12 and electrolytes. I would suggest you to take tablet Methylcobal and tablet calcium daily. You need to take vitamin D 3 per week for six weeks.
I hope these steps will be helpful for you. Let me know if you want to ask any other follow up questions.
Thanks

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar