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What are some other common health concerns for people with Scoliosis?
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What are some other common health concerns for people with Scoliosis?
Mild symmetric disc bulging L-3-L4 and L4-L5. Mild to moderate left facet joint osteoarthritis L-3-L4. Thoracolumbar rotoscoliosis. And some more. More too! When people tell me their back hurts and their back in perfectly normal I smile.Tags: None
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In my case: stomach pushed flat causes GERD-that in turn caused scarring of esophagus, shortness of breath, pain waking me up at night, shortness of breath after eating a full meal, abnormal EKG reports because my deformed chest did not allow the EKG to read the heart easily--normal stress test.
All this is gone after my scoliosis surgery and I am pain free.Original scoliosis surgery 1956 T-4 to L-2 ~100 degree thoracic (triple)curves at age 14. NO hardware-lost correction.
Anterior/posterior revision T-4 to Sacrum in 2002, age 60, by Dr. Boachie-Adjei @Hospital for Special Surgery, NY = 50% correction
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Shortness of breath and waking up at night in pain / spasms.
Me too, I also have mild asthma & even with my puffer I am always short of breath. As for sleep, Flexeril (20mg) took the muscle spasms away completely.
Originally posted by Karen Ocker View PostIn my case: stomach pushed flat causes GERD-that in turn caused scarring of esophagus, shortness of breath, pain waking me up at night, shortness of breath after eating a full meal, abnormal EKG reports because my deformed chest did not allow the EKG to read the heart easily--normal stress test.
All this is gone after my scoliosis surgery and I am pain free.Mild symmetric disc bulging L-3-L4 and L4-L5. Mild to moderate left facet joint osteoarthritis L-3-L4. Thoracolumbar rotoscoliosis. And some more. More too! When people tell me their back hurts and their back in perfectly normal I smile.
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