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Suggest Treatment For Mild Back Pain

my friend has had mid back pain for months. she has had every type of test you can think of and on heavy duty pain meds to no avail. Other symptoms are elevated white cell count, UTI, anemia and a bout with a bleeding colon polyp (non cancerous). She has had x-rays, CT scan and MRI as well as colonoscopy. She has had PT. too. She s 75 years young! We are all worried about her. Any thoughts?
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Dear- thanks for using HCM and will help you with your friend's problems. Let's try to answer all the concerns. First, elevated white cell and UTI means that she has an infection that needs antibiotics. The bleeding polyp is causing the anemia . She needs to make sure that the polyp's biopsy is negative for malignancy, because it is common at her age. Her back pain could be secondary to arthritis,bulging disc vs spinal stenosis. I would recommend her heating pad,physical therapy to improve her back muscles and massage therapy to alleviate the tension in the muscles.
I hope that my advise has been helpful .
Dr.Sara
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Suggest Treatment For Mild Back Pain

Dear- thanks for using HCM and will help you with your friend s problems. Let s try to answer all the concerns. First, elevated white cell and UTI means that she has an infection that needs antibiotics. The bleeding polyp is causing the anemia . She needs to make sure that the polyp s biopsy is negative for malignancy, because it is common at her age. Her back pain could be secondary to arthritis,bulging disc vs spinal stenosis. I would recommend her heating pad,physical therapy to improve her back muscles and massage therapy to alleviate the tension in the muscles. I hope that my advise has been helpful . Dr.Sara