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ddd and nerve compression
A 42-year-old male asked:

Dr. Bruce Jacobs answered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Its possible,: I think. Stay off the inversion table with your history.
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A 56-year-old female asked:

Dr. Yoshihiro Yamamoto answered
36 years experience Neurosurgery
Various options: Ankylosing spondilytis can limit some of the surgical options and outcomes. Treatment needs to be indivisualized depending on what your x-ray, EMG te ... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:

Dr. Krishna Kumar answered
55 years experience Psychiatry
Chronic Pain: I understand your distress.
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A 39-year-old female asked:

Dr. Amy Tezza answered
36 years experience Internal Medicine
Other possibilities: It's not likely that a nerve from your back is causing gastroparesis. And degenerative disc disease in your spine should not affect your vagus nerve. ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:

Dr. Adam Lewis answered
35 years experience Neurosurgery
Low back pain: The nerves of the lumbar and sacral spine do travel to the rectal area, Tailbone pain is common with degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the lumbar spi ... Read More
A 23-year-old male asked:

Dr. Clifford Gevirtz answered
40 years experience Anesthesiology
IDET: Idet is a technique where the nerves in the disc are destroyed. You would have to see an interventional pain management specialist.
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A 46-year-old female asked:

Dr. Tracy Lovell answered
21 years experience Rheumatology
See below: If you have failed all other options, that maybe your only choice.
A 37-year-old male asked:

Dr. Kenneth Merriman answered
47 years experience Orthopedic Surgery
Yes : Now you can add cervical to thoracic and lumbar.
A 30-year-old female asked:

Dr. Steven Puccio answered
Specializes in Orthopedic Spine Surgery
DDD: What you have is lumbar degenerative disc disease and this is because the disks in your lumbar spine which are the cushions are constantly irritated a ... Read More
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A 53-year-old male asked:

Dr. Payam Rafat answered
22 years experience Podiatry
Abnormal nerve: Neuropathy is a condition resulting from abnormal nerve function. Neuropathy can be due to certain vitamin deficiencies, nerve damage due to trauma, a ... Read More
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