Nerve problems

[Kate548]

I have a funny feeling inside like a ball right in front of the top of my left hip. It goes numb at times and the numbness radiates
down the top inside of my leg and then travels to the bottom back of my leg. I have had abdominal bowel and fallopian tube surgery in the past and I'm wondering if my bowel or scar tissue is pressing on my nerves at the iliac crest area or not. I've been limping along for a couple of years now for my foot and leg don't work properly anymore and just recently I've been having a funny shivery feeling up and down my spine (like one feels when they have the flu) and a tingling headache only at the back of my head. One time I had taken some Macrobid for a Urinary Tract Infection and it erased all my numbness problems, so I haven't a clue as to what is wrong with me but I think I might be suffering from an infection along my spinal cord(?) Please someone help me find out what is wrong!

[Kate548]

Thank you for responding to my physical questions and problems! I appreciate your time and your thoughts on a possible diagnosis! I am waiting to see a Neurologist now which might take months of waiting but I hope not, but I live in Canada and I've been told that there are a lot of other patients ahead of me. Frustrating this is to me, but I'll wait because I have no other alternative. I thank you again for telling me your thoughts and will keep what you have said in my mind when consulting others! Thanks!

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi!
I am sorry to hear about your medical problems. Your symptoms could be due to scar tissue causing a pull effect. However, the symptoms look more like sciatica, where the sacral nerve of sciatic nerve is either irritated or pressed upon. It generally happens when you bend or lift things the wrong way or sit or stand for long in a particular position. The pain can also be due to irritation of the sciatic nerve from infections, injury, pressure from an adjacent bone, tumors etc. However what can be serious is a slip disc or a bulging disc as the cause of this pain. Numbness comes at a very late stage where the nerve is compressed to such an extent that all sensations diminish and there is numbness. A MRI will be required to access the situation. Some patients benefit by conservative treatment (pain killers, muscle relaxants and rest), others need varying degree of traction and few need surgery. Physiotherapy is definitely required. Refrain from lifting weights, bending and straightening with a jerk, jerky rides on roads etc. This needs treatment, please consult a neurologist. Take care!

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