please help my mam has pain all the time - Osteoporosis Message Board

jool · 08-20-2003, 02:59 PM

Hi
I've been looking on the internet for a couple of day's now trying to find other people who has seconary osteoporosis, my mam has pain all the time in the lumbasacrl spine and in hip's. yet the doctor's say she should't get this pain from osteoporosis. she hasn't had any fracture's so it's not from that. my mam has been on prednisolone for nearly 20 years on and off. This is my first time i've asked for help, anyone with information or who has had same problems please let me know.

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bjg · 08-20-2003, 03:14 PM

maybe the pain is from whatever ailment she is taking the prednisone for..is it arthritis? also you say she has no fractures...has she had the area that is giving her pain xrayed..if not..quite possibley she has a stress fracture ...

jool · 08-20-2003, 03:21 PM

Thank you for replying she doesn't have arthritis. she was taking prednisolone cos she asthma and only uses a third of her lungs. she now is having problems with liver her gallbladder is enlarged and has slugde what isn't going though.
thanks again jool uk

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Originally posted by bjg:
maybe the pain is from whatever ailment she is taking the prednisone for..is it arthritis? also you say she has no fractures...has she had the area that is giving her pain xrayed..if not..quite possibley she has a stress fracture ...

USAFMOM · 08-20-2003, 04:45 PM

You may want to check out fibromyalgia. This causes diffuse, generalized pain all over with particular tender points. Usually all blood work and tests will turn up negative before this is diagnosed. You said she does not have arthritis. Has she had rheumatoid studies done? Maybe a consult with a chronic pain specialist would help, a doctor in the Physical Medicine field. They address chronic pain issues. Hope this helps