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How To Overcome The Pain After Spine Surgery And The Numbness On My Hand And Bottom Of My Feet?
Yes, I had spine surgery 2 months ago and my hands and the bottom of my feet are numb. I am in pain all the time not only the numbness but the pain. I was told that the nerve ending would take up to four to six months to heel and maybe even up to eight months to a year. I am not sleeping at night either - wait up every night around 1:30am and can't get back to sleep most of the time. Your suggesion.
Wed, 8 Jan 2014
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Thank you for posting your query.
The recovery depends on the amount of nerve decompression achieved after the spine surgery.
It also depends on whether there was any other reason for nerve pain in hands and feet such as diabetes or vitamin B12 deficiency.
As of now, you could take pregabalin capsules for pain relief.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
The recovery depends on the amount of nerve decompression achieved after the spine surgery.
It also depends on whether there was any other reason for nerve pain in hands and feet such as diabetes or vitamin B12 deficiency.
As of now, you could take pregabalin capsules for pain relief.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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