I have had chronic pain in my lower back with numbness and loss of use of my right leg for the last year. I have been told that I have nerve damage from damaged disks in my back. I feel there is something else going on, I have a great deal of trouble swallowing at times, but not all the time. I have problems with the right leg, but it s not always pain, sometimes it s a loss of function. I also have incontinence and again, not all of the time the incontinence isn t due to coughing or sneezing but can just be that I m walking or just standing talking to someone and it will happen. I have also had a substantial weight gain. I have also been falling approximately 2 or 3 times per week at times and then there are other times that it doesn t happen at all. Can you give me some ideas please?
Hello. Thanks for writing to us. The pain and numbness is likely to be due to nerve root compression at the level of lower spine. You need to get an MRI scan done for proper diagnosis. I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you.