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Burning -pointing sensation in the foot
Before i month, father underwent neck femur fracture with sciatic nerve palsy operation as right hip join was broken. After operation was successful ,after 1 month he is feeling burning sensation -needle pointing sensation in foot palm and sudden stroke of pain and foot fingers movement is not gaining fast momentum like normal motion. Any suggestion for this problem ?
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Your question is not very clear. Did he undergo surgery for neck of femur fracture? Or for sciatic nerve palsy?
The symptoms you are describing right now are related to sciatic nerve.
The nerve maybe healing or it is still damaged. If the symptoms keep improving, then the nerve is healing. In that case, just wait. If the symptoms do not improve, get an EMG-NCV test 3 weeks after the surgery.
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As of now, you may give him Tab Gabaneuron (300mg)...once a day at 7pm for 10 days. He may experience some sleepiness for the first couple of days but that will subside after the first couple of days.
Do get back after 1 week to reassess if the tablet has worked or if we need to increase the dose.
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If possible please share operative details , sciatic nerve was injured such symptoms are common and usually a result of nerve try to regenerate or heal , you need to do an emg/ncv test after 6!weeks and do seek a consultation for the same
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Keep the leg splinted
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