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Back Pain Reduced After Taking Epidural Injection. Pain In Thighs, Can T Move. Injection For Thigh? Nerve Block?

Hello,i need advice on what to do for my mother.she s had an epidural injection in lower back,and has no pain in back,but her thigh is still in excutiating pain,to were she can t move and crys.does she need a injection in her thigh?nerve block?idk.....shes had beatens by objects from her mothers as a child,car accidents,diabetes.I m tired of seeing her in,this much pain,please help
Thu, 14 Nov 2013
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Hello,
Thanks for your query.
These symptoms are part of lumbar disc degeneration with PIVD where the nerves get compressed by the protruded disc.
There are several treatment modalities with medicines, physiotherapy and with injections in the back called epidural injections and root/facet blocks.
If she doesn’t get better with these treatment ,I suggest her to undergo surgery, by which the nerves are decompressed by removing the protruded disc (discectomy), which would significantly improve her symptoms
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
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Back Pain Reduced After Taking Epidural Injection. Pain In Thighs, Can T Move. Injection For Thigh? Nerve Block?

Hello, Thanks for your query. These symptoms are part of lumbar disc degeneration with PIVD where the nerves get compressed by the protruded disc. There are several treatment modalities with medicines, physiotherapy and with injections in the back called epidural injections and root/facet blocks. If she doesn’t get better with these treatment ,I suggest her to undergo surgery, by which the nerves are decompressed by removing the protruded disc (discectomy), which would significantly improve her symptoms I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.