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What Is The Cause Of Numbness And Pain In Sacrum?

I fell recently about a week later I have numbness in my sacrum and pain if I sit for long. I had a problem about 2 years ago with numbness and extreme pain in my tailbone which had all but cleared up before this last fall.. recent x-rays don't show any break. What can I do to ease the discomfort?
Wed, 28 May 2014
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Hi,

You haven't told your age,which would have helped in reaching diagnosis.Trauma may or may not be coincidental. It may be inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis(more common, if you fall betwwen age category 40 +),it may be sacro iliac joint dysfunction which may or may not be due to trauma. Have you noticed your legs, are they equal in size? inequality in them may compress nerves.
So i would request you to go for
FULL BLOOD PICTURE
CCP
ANA
HLA B27
RENAL FUNCTION TEST

AND MRI.
The reports will help in ruling out the causes.

IN THE MEANTIME, DON'T FORGET TO TAKE PALLIATIVE TREATMENT SUCH AS VITAMIN B12,COLD HEAT THERAPY, PHYSIO SUPPORT AND OF COURSE, AVOID SITTING FOR LONG HOURS!


HOPE THAT HELPS ,STAY POSITIVE :)
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What Is The Cause Of Numbness And Pain In Sacrum?

Hi, You haven t told your age,which would have helped in reaching diagnosis.Trauma may or may not be coincidental. It may be inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis(more common, if you fall betwwen age category 40 +),it may be sacro iliac joint dysfunction which may or may not be due to trauma. Have you noticed your legs, are they equal in size? inequality in them may compress nerves. So i would request you to go for FULL BLOOD PICTURE CCP ANA HLA B27 RENAL FUNCTION TEST AND MRI. The reports will help in ruling out the causes. IN THE MEANTIME, DON T FORGET TO TAKE PALLIATIVE TREATMENT SUCH AS VITAMIN B12,COLD HEAT THERAPY, PHYSIO SUPPORT AND OF COURSE, AVOID SITTING FOR LONG HOURS! HOPE THAT HELPS ,STAY POSITIVE :)