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Q A
&
OUR PANEL OF EXPERTS AND OTHER LEADING SPECIALISTS IN THE
FIELD OF MEDICINE ANSWER YOUR QUERIES ON HEALTH.
Dr Nirad S Vengsarkar, Orthopaedic Spine & Joint Replacement Surgeon
BACK TO NORMAL
I
had an accident on 21
March, 2013. A big tree fell
on my back and I became
paralysed waist down. My
doctor told me that my spine
broke and maybe I would
never walk again. I have
been suffering from spinal
cord injury since that day. I
do physiotherapy every day
and can walk with the help
of a walker. What can I do for
recovery and to walk normally?
Bhaskar Dey
[email protected]
st
Spinal cord recovery depends
on the extent of cord damage,
which can be ascertained by an
MRI and clinical examination.
A complete spinal cord injury
with complete loss of power,
sensation and bladder and
bowel control have a
poor prognosis.
The fact that you have partially
recovered from your injury
indicates that you probably had
an incomplete spinal cord injury.
Physiotherapy is the only way
forward. Surgery at this stage
also will not be helpful.
If you don’t have pain and have
recovered partially, then that’s a
positive sign. Keep the efforts up.
Dr P P Ashok, Consultant
Neurologist
NUMB NOTES
M
y mother is 67, is experiencing numbness in
her palms and tips of the fingers. She has this
problem in her feet and toes also. It is troubling her
since January 2017. Please advice.
Swati Saista
[email protected]
The symptoms she is
experiencing suggests
Peripheral Neuropathy. This
results due to dysfunction
of the nerves of the hands
and feet. At her age, it
could be due to diabetes or
low B12 levels or even age-related. So check her sugar
and B12 levels, and then consult a neurologist.
Dr Dilip V Nadkarni, Sports
Medicine
PAIN PROBLEM
W
hat’s the difference between a
strain and a sprain?
Ramesh Naik, Bangalore
The words Strain and Sprain are used while referring to
injuries to the muscles and ligaments. Muscle strain is
an injury to the muscle where the muscle
is stretched but not ruptured. Similarly,
when a ligament is trauma