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Pain in left side body
My whole left side body pains from head to toe from lasts 3 years... Right from neck to shoulder, to arm to joints in left hand fingers to lower back to hip to leg and foot. Pain is worst at shoulder joint at back and lower back.. Only on left side of body. Orthopaedic suggested vit d and b12 supplements. I had taken but no effect.. Some days pain is worst that I m not able to do any work. Please help me out with this.. Some days the pain is worst and sone days very little. Please Suggest which doctor I should visit and what kind of disease is this.. I have never encountered anyone who has similar pain ever.. I m very worried. Please answer asap.
Hi, this is Dr Hitin Mathur, Senior Orthopaedics Surgeon at Fortis C Doc Hospital, New Delhi. Pain all along your left side could be due to nerve compression in the spine or due to any kind of arthritis like gout or rheumatoid arthritis. I will have to examine you clinically to find the cause and get appropriate investigations for the same.
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Your symptoms are suggestive of a degenerative disease but to find the exact cause you'll need further investigations such as RA factor, MRI, etc. to find the underlying cause and have it treated accordingly. I would advise you to meet an orthopedician or a neurologist so that you can be examined physically. You will require painkillers, topical painkiller gel. You should try to improve your posture while lying down, sitting, walking, etc. If the problems persists or worsens visit the ER at the earliest.
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