Hope4All
07-09-2007, 10:04 PM
Has anyone ever had an EMG? Does it hurt when its done? The doctor said if you take chronic pain relievers it will hurt.......is this true?
Hope
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KTMorra
07-10-2007, 09:21 AM
Hi Hope
What part of the body are they doing your EMG on? I have had a few of them and the only one that really hurt was my femoral nerve. They put needles into your muscles and measure the nerve conductivity of that area. I am not a little girl so I guess the doc had to go in a bit deeper on my thigh to get to the actual muscle than on my neck and that was uncomfortable. Not unbearable, but I was bruised for a few days afterward.
Your Neuro doesn't seem to approve of or understand the need for anything but perhaps all natural relief from pain or anxiety. If you are taking Darvocet that shouldn't increase your pain level during the test. Darvocet is one of the mildest prescription pain medication out there. I have been on pain management for quite some time now and not once did my Neuro say anything about the medication having any effect on EMG results or increased pain during the testing. If anything I would think that it would help relax you and thus decrease the pain. Just common sense speculation here I guess thats why it disagrees with what your Dippy Doc said. :p
Hope this helps, good luck
KT:wave:
What part of the body are they doing your EMG on? I have had a few of them and the only one that really hurt was my femoral nerve. They put needles into your muscles and measure the nerve conductivity of that area. I am not a little girl so I guess the doc had to go in a bit deeper on my thigh to get to the actual muscle than on my neck and that was uncomfortable. Not unbearable, but I was bruised for a few days afterward.
Your Neuro doesn't seem to approve of or understand the need for anything but perhaps all natural relief from pain or anxiety. If you are taking Darvocet that shouldn't increase your pain level during the test. Darvocet is one of the mildest prescription pain medication out there. I have been on pain management for quite some time now and not once did my Neuro say anything about the medication having any effect on EMG results or increased pain during the testing. If anything I would think that it would help relax you and thus decrease the pain. Just common sense speculation here I guess thats why it disagrees with what your Dippy Doc said. :p
Hope this helps, good luck
KT:wave:
Hope4All
07-10-2007, 10:00 AM
He said he is going to have one done on one arm and one leg.
I'm not sure why he wants this test, I would just have been happy with the MRI .. which is of my brain, neck and spine.
Hope
I'm not sure why he wants this test, I would just have been happy with the MRI .. which is of my brain, neck and spine.
Hope
c57s53
07-10-2007, 09:46 PM
I had an EMG test done on both legs and both arms about 10 years ago. it was a little painful but tolerable. i could sit through it again with no problem so don't be afraid of it. Speaking of the EMG test, have any of you had it done for MS and if so, what did the results show? Or maybe my question could or shouls be, what is the doctor looking for when he orders that test? When I had it done it showed that I had neuropathy....that's all I was told so I can't be more specific than that.
Connie
Connie