What Causes Severe Kyphosis Pain?

Posted on Wed, 22 Apr 2015

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Question : infrequently, i take 0.4mg of nitro to help relieve severe kyphosis pain and it works well for
several hours. is this acceptable ?

Answered by Dr. Benard Shehu (56 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Ischemic heart disease to rule out first...

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

I have gone through your medical history carefully and can say as following:
Nitro is a vasodilator medication that helps alleviate angina pain.

If no angina is present, then, nitro cannot help relieve severe kyphosis pain unless it is associated with ischemia problems.

If I was your caring doctor would rule out heart problems through:
- ECG
- echocardiogram
- echo stress test
as long as you are taking Coumadin, heart problems should be ruled out first.

Dr.Benard

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar