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Chronic Pain In Legs, Knees And Ankles. How To Ease The Pain ?
Hi ive been getting cronic pain in my legs knees and ankles for over 6 years now,
on many occation's I fall over which isnt good as I have a 7 month old son and am pregnant again (15 weeks gone)
I have been to my GP on many ocations but getting no where fast the pain is so bad that many nights i sit and cry my gp told me today to take paracetamol or cocodamol but this doesnt help the pain is always there there are times I have to ask my partner to take me to the toilet or lift me in and out of the bath on a scale of 1 - 10 the pain is most defentaly a 10 what can I do to ease this pain or what could be wrong Im worried as I dont want this to affect the way I am able to be a parent to my children! thankyou in advance x
on many occation's I fall over which isnt good as I have a 7 month old son and am pregnant again (15 weeks gone)
I have been to my GP on many ocations but getting no where fast the pain is so bad that many nights i sit and cry my gp told me today to take paracetamol or cocodamol but this doesnt help the pain is always there there are times I have to ask my partner to take me to the toilet or lift me in and out of the bath on a scale of 1 - 10 the pain is most defentaly a 10 what can I do to ease this pain or what could be wrong Im worried as I dont want this to affect the way I am able to be a parent to my children! thankyou in advance x
Tue, 9 Jul 2013
Hello madam
The kind of pain you are having can be due to a condition known as FIBROMYALGIA. But the only concern in ur case is that you are pregnant and during this phase it is advisable to take the least possible medicines and specially the pain killers. The safest medicine in your case is paracetamol as advised by ur gp. There is a list of medicines for fibromyalgia but its not advisable to take those in ur pregnancy. You can try alternative treatment like yoga and other aerobic execises. Vitamin B12 supplements are benficial and are safe in pregnancy.
Dr Jasneet Singh
Rheumatologist
The kind of pain you are having can be due to a condition known as FIBROMYALGIA. But the only concern in ur case is that you are pregnant and during this phase it is advisable to take the least possible medicines and specially the pain killers. The safest medicine in your case is paracetamol as advised by ur gp. There is a list of medicines for fibromyalgia but its not advisable to take those in ur pregnancy. You can try alternative treatment like yoga and other aerobic execises. Vitamin B12 supplements are benficial and are safe in pregnancy.
Dr Jasneet Singh
Rheumatologist
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