right thigh pain,burnig, numbness

[kg221]

Hello,

   I've benn having burning, numbness, itching, and at time severe pain in my right thigh.  The pain is like a red hot needle going into my leg disabeling me.  Upon checking reference sites, the symptoms are consistant with RSD, but of course my doctor yelled at me and said it is not RSD.  I had an MRI done to my spine, and there is evidence of a small bulge which impinges upon the anterior aspect of the thecal sac.  Could this be causing my symptoms?  If so how is that proved?  Also there are three small disc herniations in the thoracic section of my back and I have yet to receive the Cervical diagonsis report.  Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you in advance.

  Kevin

[sweetpeamybaby]

My name is Randy. I am 51 years old and have lived with that for to many years to count. It is a pinched nerve somewhere in your spine. I was told surgery is not an option BC my whole spine is collapsed. Truth is, if I had insurance other than Medicaid I would get the surgeries I need. I pray u get the MRI u need to detect the problem.

[docdado]

Hi I had a fall at work on my right side and now my right leg tingles and goes numb. I have a severe spinal MRI but my back does not hurt. I am not willing to have surgery on L4-5 and SI until I check everything out in my
hip, thigh, upper leg and pelvis. Many other problems mimmick back damage but isn't and after surgery the pain is still there. Check every other
option you have before surgery. I fell and the Doc wanted to do surgery. I said I want shots in all of my discs that can cause my problem and if the shot works I know the problem is a disk. I saved myself a surgery from
investigating and being my own doctor. When I had the SI shot NO MORE PAIN! what a mistake going into surgery. This advice will save you a lot
of surgery and the downtime not to mention it may not go away because it was misdiagnosed. Happens all the time!

Good Luck

[Cindyray1959]

Same here. I have to stand at my job I just started and the same thing happens to my right thigh. I wish I knew how to make it stop.

[radicalradiculopathy]

Hello , I have been dealing with back and leg pain for 20 plus years . I have had a 360 fusion with translaminal facet screw fixation at L5/S1. I also had a far lateral discectomy on the right at L3/4 ,due to a far lateral disc herniation that was hitting the dorsal root ganglion. You can google "dermatone map.I have terrible "radiculopathy" radiating pain or burning from the right side around into my anterior  thigh and groin. This is caused by irritation or pressure on the L1,L2,L3 nerve roots. And on the left terrible anterior thigh pain L2,3,4 . If you have pain or numbness in your perineum "saddle region" it is most likely from L1 or s2,3. The bottom line is that it is very difficult to determine what level is causing the pain. because the spinal nerves exit out at each level and a pain that you think is from L2/3 can be from L3/4 and so on. in addition there is the dorsal root nerves or ganglions which is a very sensitive bundle of nerves that can affect each level also. There is also chemical substance inside the nucleus of each disc.  It in and of itself can cause irritation to the nerves. In addition anterior thigh pain/numbness can also be caused by irritation or entrapment of the femoral nerve. The end result is there are a number of things that can cause radiating pain. Only after mri's and or myelogram or in the case of a suspected internal disc disruption aka  IDD a discogram   is the only true way to determine the integrity of the disc. If you have a discogram and it exactly reproduces your pain and the post CT shows disc rupture then it is a pretty definitive answer. However the only way to try and relieve the pain from  IDD or internal disc disruption is to perform a fusion. Which is a whole other complex topic and controversial . I hope I helped answer some of your questions.

[oldladyCarol]

Believe the doctor who says the bulging discs causes neck pain and headaches.....had the same problem in the 80's , surgery in '89 to repair the disc.  Took a lot of therapy and time, but improved.  Will never be the same, but better.  Do not lift anything over 10 lbs ever again!  I also have shoulder pain and arm and hand pain.  Hope you can find the answer for you and get some help.  This can be torture!

[Bneedell]

I had severe low back pain about a month ago, and within a few days the front of my thigh started itching, then burning, then pain.  My doc gave me painkillers (norco) for the back, but it does not help thigh pain at all. I stopped the norco after 2 weeks. (Afraid of it). Also afraid to take the gabapentin i was given.  Back is getting better slowly, thigh still the same. I have started using medical mj to sleep...works...since my back is getting better, does it mean the nerve injury causing the thigh pain may just get better over time as well?  65, very active, hating the pain.