Joints

My mother is 75 yrs old and she regularly complains of pain in her joints for the the last 3-4 years.she has normal blood pressure and is not diabetic.kindly advise any blood tests and medications for her ?

Dear patient Your mother is suffering from post - menopausal senile osteoporosis. her bones have become weak due to deficiency of calcium and vitamin D. this usually occurs in old age and after menopause.get the following investigations done: dexa bone scan , vitamin D level , blood calcium , complete haemogram and blood urea.Consult a orthopaedic surgeon who will advise you medications according to your test reports. ...

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i have knee pain. i dont want a knee surgery. is there any way to manage my knee joints without pain and avoid surgery. please give advice me.

Hi I am Dr Alok, Rheumatologist from Delhi What is the cause of your knee pain? if it is due to Osteoarthritis, Physiotherapy and the life style management is the only answer Hope this will help should you have any queries, please donot hesitate ...

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Am 42 years old. I have joint pain in my RHS arm. in the wrist joint mostly but also the elbow joint plus the finger joints. I normally feel it when I wake up in the morning. Also after taking some beer or Redbull it is more severe. what could be the problem. At times the pains extends up to shoulder joints. I fee like stretching all the time to ease it up. Please help.

Hi I am Dr Alok, Rheumatologist from Delhi I am sorry about your illness, but it seems that you have Rheumatoid arthritis. But to confirm, we need to do clinical examination and some blood investigations You should see rheumatologist as soon as possible to avoid deformity Hope this will help should you have any queries, please donot hesitate ...

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i am seeking a fine dietician who can help me reduce my weight.I was a good 67 kgs with 171cm 3 years ago aftr my delivery last year i gained weight like crazy and now i am not able to shed it.my food cravings are high,eating habits have gone all bogus and now i am a good 95kg and i feel awful when i look at myself , i am losing my self confidence too.i have pain in my knee joints and i hear cracking sounds on my knee when i climb stairs and i know it is because of my weight issue :( i need a proper diet and exercise plan which you help me with a consistent reduction of weight and toning myself.please do help me to get over this nasty issue :(

Sample Diet Plan 5: 30 am (Preworkout meal): 1 fruit (any) (60-70 gms) (you can consume 1 banana also ) 5:45- 7:00 am (workout): Any form of workout that suits you for atleast 50 mins. 9:00- 9:30 am (Breakfast) 1 glass skimmed milk (200 ml)/ 1 cup low fat curd or yoghurt (150 gms) + Oats (15 grams, 2-3 tsp) or muesli (15 grams, 2-3 tsp) or any homemade non deep fried snack [eg:1 quarter plate poha/1 quarter plate upma/2 idli/2 small or 1 medium size dosa/2 appam/ 2 dhokla/dalia/multigrain bre ...

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One of my knee appears a bit non-flexible since 15 days. A frictional sound of colliding between bones heard along with stretching of tissue during walk; sometimes pains in local tissues likely. Also feels lack of strength in both legs since 2/3 years. A nominal BP & BS is detected recently. I'm 64 of average health with only a Prostrate-problem. Since long, I'm continuing light exercise for joints only. Is it risky to walk ? Pl advise for remedy !

SOS pain killers. If more diabling pl get ortho consultation and X-rays. ...

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Hello Doc., I am working as a software er., for the past 4 months, i am hearing a strange sound from my knee joints while bending forward or climbing down in stairs. But there is no pain. Please advice. I am 96Kgs.

you are overweight and obese. you have patellofemoral problem and may be in future you may have pain. you need to do hams string and quadriceps exerrcises to balance the patella and then resort to fitness execise regime guided by a good instructor to keep fit but no need to panic. bottom line is be fit. ...

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Hello Doc, I am suffering from neck pain from more then a month. Pain is mostly affecting on the joints of shoulder and neck. Also its pains when I try to rotate my neck left or right. Kindly suggest what precautions or measurement I can take to overcome this pain. Thanks Pradeep

well, you have early cervical spondylosis and need evaluation with xray and good consultation with orthopaedic surgeon. i do spinal manipulation and can cure you from neck pain without drugs or physiotherapy. it is an outdoor procedure. go to my website www.**url** ...

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I have had for a long time a very painfull and at times swollen ankle, afater falling in a rabbit hole and badly twisting the ankle took a week off from work and to be honest went back to work to soon, the ankle has over the years become more painfull and after a very busy shift on a very busy NHS ward I can hardly walk, have been many times to the Drs all they advise is give up your job and keep taking Tramadol and paracetamol I have arthritis in most joints for which I take the medication, recently the ankle has started to click in one position causing agonising pain this usually last a few minutes until the ankle unclicks, as its quote making your condition worse, What other test can I ask for , as all I get offered is x rays?

You can get X-rays done but MRI would be more informative. As per your history it seems to by soft tissue problem more than bony problem. ...

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I have lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Also, have failed back syndrome after previous laminectomy and fusion (L5-S1) with bone growth stim device implant. Laminectony and fusion was done due to spondylolythesis, herniated disc with nerve compression as well as DJD and complete fracture of facet joints.Have suffered with neuropathy in right leg/foot since pre-surgery. Now have 8mm herniated disc at L4 and L3 with nerve compression. Also Grade 2 spondylolythesis and significant degeneration of L3 and L4. Have had numerous injections to back, RFA, oral steroids, NSAIDs. Do need to lose weight (am working on this). Do take opiates for pain. Neuropathy has worsened, have buttocks (bilat) pain and right leg pain. Also, have had several episodes where I cannot lift my legs,can only shuffle when I walk, back spasms as well. Sleep is impossible. Take lyrica for neuropathy with minimal relief and neuropathy has worsened recently. Am so-o sick of dealing with this all but would like to avoid surgery if possible. Any advice?

Physiotherapy can help you in relieving your pain and functioning ...Give a chance ...

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hi, my mother age 58 years having osteoarthritis problem for last 10 years and taken a lot of injection and medicine but no effect and a lot of pain in knees and joints. My mother watched a program of dr. Gaurav sharma drgwellness and he suggested Arthritis plus and suzi spary supplements. And cost is approx 6000 rs per months of these suppliemets. so are these effective and can be taken without any side effects. please guide

Hi Osteoarthritis is a process of aging. Its same as losing your teeth, hair going grey, skin developing wrinkles, or eye sight losing power. Difference between all these and osteoarthritis is that symptoms of rest of the systems are gradually progressive with no acute flair ups. To elaborate, as you grow old you will lose teeth one by one, but it does not happen that one day 5 teeth are lose and over next week or so 4 get fixed again and one falls off. On contrast in osteoarthritis, though dise ...

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