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Sciatica pain
My father is suffering from L4L5 problem and he cant even walk for 5 min straight and when he consulted near by doctor he said that blood content is some what low and he is also getting severe muscle pains is it very serious what should my father do to cure this which type of medication is needed does he need surgery
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Get a proper consultation, he may need an MRI and x-ray lumbar spine, with possible surgery (if required)
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First of all ,yours father requires a MRI lumber spine to get further information on causes of this pain.Without MRI and clinical examination it is highly difficult to comment on that he needs surgery or not .Although both treatment available and most of patient responds well with Medicine.
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MRI Lumber spine
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Take complete bed rest till further consultation and investigation.
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Dr. Rushikesh Gadhavi
Neurosurgeon
2 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
First clinical examination....MRI and Xray LS Spine...then we can decide
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clinical examination
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avoid weight lifting and forward bending
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Dr. Abhijit Verma
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13 yrs exp
Jajpur
You can consider a video consultation.
That way actual problem can be seen and I will be in a better position to point out the next step.
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