Commonalities amoung Pedicle Screw Patients
This is
but a small portion of some of the things
that our
bodies are going through. We continue to
search for answers
and we continue to learn.
Common symptoms
- Low-grade fevers
- Chronic swollen glands/sore neck
- Feelings of unstable spine/ movement of spine
- Pain down one/both legs
- Sore area at bone graft site/ area of incision
- Pain where hardware can be felt
- Arachnoiditis/ myofascial componants
- Broken Pedicles/fractures of vertebrae
- Arthritis/Degenerative Disk Disease
- Problems with levels above and below fusion
- Leaky bladder/bowel problems
- Chronic use of presciption medication to handle the pain.
- Constant burning & thobbing at the screw site
- Swelling at screw site and surrounding areas
- Tearing sensation in the area around screws
- Low resistance to infection
- Flu-like symptoms
- Metallic taste in the mouth
- Popping sound from the spine and surrounding bones
- Soft tissue damage
