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What Causes Pain And Numbness In The Leg?

Hi doc, I am a 53 year old Kenyan. I underwent a lower back surgery last year end of November to correct spondolysis and spondolthes. Excuse my spellings. Titanium implants was used to fix the problem. the back pains have disappeared but my right leg and feet started to feel numb and have been experiencing excruciating pains especially at night. I am a diabetic but with good sugar controls though the doctor thought this could be responsible. the pains don't seem to abet even after taking lots of neiropathy drugs. what exactly could be happening with me?
Mon, 6 Apr 2015
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Good Morning,
Sorry to hear about the pain you are suffering from.
The bones of the back/ spine, are adjacent to the Lumbar Plexus of Nerves.When you have a Prolapsed Disc or spondylolisthesis that has been diagnosed and treated, it a common complication to have compression symptoms of these nerves, that lead to numbness / dragging type of pain of the legs.
If symtoms are tolerable and occur once or twice in a week, I would recommend you to undergo physiotherapy with Lumbar Traction and IFT and take an oral dose of vit.B12,( which I am sure you are already taking;Methylcobalamine).The symptoms will relieve slowly.
On the other hand if the numbness and pain are severe and not tolerable, you may require a surgery to decompress the the nerve.
Kindly consult a nuerosurgeon for the same.
Hope you pain starts decreasing soon.
Good luck mate !
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What Causes Pain And Numbness In The Leg?

Good Morning, Sorry to hear about the pain you are suffering from. The bones of the back/ spine, are adjacent to the Lumbar Plexus of Nerves.When you have a Prolapsed Disc or spondylolisthesis that has been diagnosed and treated, it a common complication to have compression symptoms of these nerves, that lead to numbness / dragging type of pain of the legs. If symtoms are tolerable and occur once or twice in a week, I would recommend you to undergo physiotherapy with Lumbar Traction and IFT and take an oral dose of vit.B12,( which I am sure you are already taking;Methylcobalamine).The symptoms will relieve slowly. On the other hand if the numbness and pain are severe and not tolerable, you may require a surgery to decompress the the nerve. Kindly consult a nuerosurgeon for the same. Hope you pain starts decreasing soon. Good luck mate !