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What Casues Pain In Lower Back And Hips?
Question: I am taking gabapentin 300mg, 1 morn. 1 lunch. 2 night, Estradiol tab 1mg, 1day, omeprazole 20mg, 2 times a day, vitD 50,000 1 a week, Loratadine, 1a day and just started nortriptyline which have stopped my headaches. I am also taking healthy ageing pack from trivita. now can you tell me what would cause my hips and butt and lower back area to feel stiff and sore and hurt? also, my bones on each side of my lower stomach is stiff and will ache when I bend.
Brief Answer:
It can be a spine issue.
Detailed Answer:
I have studied your case and I think the pain and stiffness which you are complaining can be due to nerve compression in the back or lumbar spondylitis. Soreness of ribs can be due to calcium deficiency and serum B 12 deficiency. Before I advise you anything I want to know little detail about your illness.
1. Since when you are having these symptoms?
2. Is it more in the morning or all the time?
3. Is there any stiffness in other joints like knee, shoulder as well?
Please send me answers of these questions. I will try my best to help you.
Thanks
It can be a spine issue.
Detailed Answer:
I have studied your case and I think the pain and stiffness which you are complaining can be due to nerve compression in the back or lumbar spondylitis. Soreness of ribs can be due to calcium deficiency and serum B 12 deficiency. Before I advise you anything I want to know little detail about your illness.
1. Since when you are having these symptoms?
2. Is it more in the morning or all the time?
3. Is there any stiffness in other joints like knee, shoulder as well?
Please send me answers of these questions. I will try my best to help you.
Thanks
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju
This has been going on for about the last 3 years, severly. My doctor and you have gotten rid of all the pain except in the belly and butt area , where the stiffness is. It was pain from the top of my head to my ankles, like a cloud of pain shifting around inside me from head to ankles. The last month the pain is only in my lower stomach area and butt area only.
The stiffness starts after dark and really bad before cloudy, cold or rainy days and nights. Some days are much worse than others. When the pain hits it is like being shocked., or even hitting a funny bone in the lower back, and it hurt suddenly and I shift my body to relieve the pain.
The stiffness starts after dark and really bad before cloudy, cold or rainy days and nights. Some days are much worse than others. When the pain hits it is like being shocked., or even hitting a funny bone in the lower back, and it hurt suddenly and I shift my body to relieve the pain.
Brief Answer:
I would recommend you to get MRI
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case and I think there can be two causes of stiff back. First it is due to lumbar spondylitis. Second it is sacroilitis. I would recommend you to get MRI of the spine to confirm the diagnosis.
If there is spondylitis, I would suggest you to start back muscle strengthening exercises and hot water fomentation.As you, your self have noticed that cold rainy weather causes more stiffness, so I advise you to take steam bath daily.
If it shows sacroillitis then it is better that you find out the causes of it. Mostly it is non infective inflammatory type and can be treated with drugs like Piroxicam.
I would also recommend you to get a ultrasound abdomen as well because some time ovarian cyst or uterus can also causes such pain.
I hope this answer will be useful for you, Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
Thanks.
I would recommend you to get MRI
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case and I think there can be two causes of stiff back. First it is due to lumbar spondylitis. Second it is sacroilitis. I would recommend you to get MRI of the spine to confirm the diagnosis.
If there is spondylitis, I would suggest you to start back muscle strengthening exercises and hot water fomentation.As you, your self have noticed that cold rainy weather causes more stiffness, so I advise you to take steam bath daily.
If it shows sacroillitis then it is better that you find out the causes of it. Mostly it is non infective inflammatory type and can be treated with drugs like Piroxicam.
I would also recommend you to get a ultrasound abdomen as well because some time ovarian cyst or uterus can also causes such pain.
I hope this answer will be useful for you, Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
Thanks.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju
Answered by
Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement
Practicing since :2002
Answered : 4486 Questions
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