Dialysis Patient With Severe Back Pain

2018-06-23 06:57:33
My father is a dailysis patient due to his kidney failure , he takes two dialysis a week, and is having certain prescribed medicines, he is suffering from severe backache , he is mostly laying and sleeping only even if we make him sit for sometime he doesn't feel like sitting as it pains and goes to sleep, he had taken ultracet but no other pain killers , can you please advise what to do
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He might be having osteoporosis as well because of renal failure. Consult orthopaedic doctor

Answered2018-06-24 10:13:21

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You will have to go and see an Orthopaedic Spine surgeon. Kidney failure patients have high chance of developing minor fractures of spine or sometimes infections. He needs to be seen, examined by someone before knowing what is the problem

Answered2018-06-23 07:02:17

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