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What Causes Pain In Upper And Lower Back?
Question: My brother is having intolerable pain in his upper and lower back. Very strong RX medications do not alleviate the pain. He has a stone in his pancreas. Could that be the cause of his back pain?
He had an enormous tumor on his pancreas In 2000. It had involved other organs as well. He had it
removed by specialists in Omaha. They were certain it was cancer, and biopsied it for a week before
deciding it was not. He recovered to total wellness. Now he is in so much pain. It started as a gross
infection in his salivary gland in January. Strong antibiotics cured that infection, but he then developed a staph infection in his bowels, which is now in his bloodstream. He gets a three hour IV
treatment every day for the staph. He goes to a country doctor. An oncologist did a biopsy of his spine, and pronounced him free of cancer. But months have gone by and he is in intolerable pain.
He needs to see a specialist, but what kind? Please help him. His name is XXXXXXX Oller.
He had an enormous tumor on his pancreas In 2000. It had involved other organs as well. He had it
removed by specialists in Omaha. They were certain it was cancer, and biopsied it for a week before
deciding it was not. He recovered to total wellness. Now he is in so much pain. It started as a gross
infection in his salivary gland in January. Strong antibiotics cured that infection, but he then developed a staph infection in his bowels, which is now in his bloodstream. He gets a three hour IV
treatment every day for the staph. He goes to a country doctor. An oncologist did a biopsy of his spine, and pronounced him free of cancer. But months have gone by and he is in intolerable pain.
He needs to see a specialist, but what kind? Please help him. His name is XXXXXXX Oller.
Brief Answer:
Will require internal medicine specialist
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Welcome to Healthcare-Magic
Greetings of the day
Dear XXXX
From the description given he is presenly having septicemia ( bacteria in blood) cause by Staphylococcus aureus . At present the main aim is to treat the speticemia and stabilize him, he will require Internal Medicine specialist followed by assessment by Gastro-enterlogist.
The signs of recovery from speticemia aew
1. Absence of fever
2. blood pressure and pulse normalizing
3. Normalizing of biochemical profile.
He will also require further evaluation by Magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) for assessment of pain.
Do get back to me if you need any further assistance.
Keep me updated
Take Care
Best Regards
Dr T Shobha Deepak
MBBS,MD
Will require internal medicine specialist
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Welcome to Healthcare-Magic
Greetings of the day
Dear XXXX
From the description given he is presenly having septicemia ( bacteria in blood) cause by Staphylococcus aureus . At present the main aim is to treat the speticemia and stabilize him, he will require Internal Medicine specialist followed by assessment by Gastro-enterlogist.
The signs of recovery from speticemia aew
1. Absence of fever
2. blood pressure and pulse normalizing
3. Normalizing of biochemical profile.
He will also require further evaluation by Magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) for assessment of pain.
Do get back to me if you need any further assistance.
Keep me updated
Take Care
Best Regards
Dr T Shobha Deepak
MBBS,MD
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