What Causes Mouth Ulcers,joint Pain And Nerve Pain After A C-section?

Posted on Wed, 26 Mar 2014

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Question : female 24 went blind posterior Uveitis unknown etiology . fastforward 39 subchorionic hemorrhage during 5 pregnancy. fast forward 6 pregnancy had c-section had to be put under because was anemic. after c-section 3 weeks later had 3 teeth extracted. over the next year bouts of re occurring minor and major mouth ulcers, increasing joint pain ,nerve pain running down the flexor tendons in my arms legs and bottom of my feet.Brain issues cannot remember things people have to repeat themselves i repeat myself because I don't know i said it either forget to brush my teeth ,hair put on deodorant or do it many times because i dont remember.my skin hurts ,migraines,hair folicles can even hurt, i go off balance ,have episodes when I have a very old memory of when I was a teenager like i'm looking at the bathroom I had when I was 12 then I cannot move its like I'm in a grip and cannot do anything. Then when the grip is let go i immediately want to sit or lay down it is a horrible feeling and i feel unwell and nauseous. eyes have like shadows or floaters. prior to child six was active ,and no real health issues just had whooping cough before pregnancy number 6.

Answered by Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar (4 hours later)

Brief Answer: Myriad symptoms may or may not be related Detailed Answer: Hi, Thank you for the question. I could not find any specific question from you to answer. I am sorry that you had difficulties for so many years. Yet the diagnosis was not made. This could be a difficult task for an online doctor who neither examined nor followed up the case to make any committed opinion. This kind of problems definitely need a multidisciplinary approach. I will try to help you with various specialties who need to be referred under the care of an Internal Medicine Physician (MD). The various specialists to be involved are Rheumatologist, Ophthalmologist, Neuropsychiatrist, Psychotherapist. Let me know if you have any specific queries related to your condition mentioned here. I also would like you to upload any recent reports or scripts given by your present physician following you. An upload feature would be on the right side pane of your page.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Aparna Kohli

Follow up: Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar (4 hours later)

I was prescribed predisone first it helped but general practice did not want to keep me on predisone. Then amitrypityline ,then tramadol magic mouth wash for mouth sores. Recently gabapentin for the nerve pain. My blood work comes back normal -I can have a mouth full of ulcers and visually swollen throat how can the blood work not show inflmation? No that's not my question I have a general practioner who thinks it might be behcets -I do not have the ethnicity so I know it is very rare . Maybe if you had one or two ideas of alternative diagnosis I could mention to my gp mouth sore ,uveitis,joint pain,muscle,tendon pain,weakness,cognitive difficulties,fatigue.tested negative for Lyme ,have no std's, sed rate normal 10 c-reactive normal Ana negative.

Answered by Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar (2 hours later)

Brief Answer: Autoimmune etiology is first Detailed Answer: At this time I would refer to a Rheumatologist. They would be more appropriate to comment or verify Behcet's. I would have the following things in mind: SLE Reiter's Syndrome Malnourishment - Vitamin and Mineral def Somatization disorder - Briquet's syndrome, conversion reaction Drugs and Toxins also come to my mind. I would not be able to specify however. It is up to the GP / Internal Medicine doctor to verify. Since I do not follow up with such cases after referral I may not be well versed with all the information.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Aparna Kohli

Follow up: Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar (18 minutes later)

Thank you I realize this is not something you can diagnose over the internet thank you for your thoughts .

Answered by Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar (16 hours later)

Brief Answer: Appreciate your feedback Detailed Answer: Thank you. I pray for your good health even though I am not with you there. Please close our discussion if you do not have any other query.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Aparna Kohli