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A member asked:
Please provide a tip on how to ask your doctor about a spinal fracture.
8 doctors weighed in across 6 answers
Ignore: Ask your doctor the best way to treat a fractured spine, so that you can have optimum rehab.
Answered 3/31/2014
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Ignore: Would you x-ray my back because I have too much pain to do house work or yard work?
Answered 5/2/2014
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Ignore: Ask what your current Vitamin D level is. Ask about new treatments for painful compression fractures.
Answered 7/7/2014
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Ignore: If over age 70 and have sudden onset of local back pain that lasts > 5 days it could be a fracture!
Answered 6/19/2014
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Ignore: Ask if he/she can perform vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty.
Answered 7/1/2014
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Ignore: In the elderly, osteoporosis is the leading cause of fractures.
Answered 7/27/2014
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