chondroitin and Carpal-Tunnel-Syndrome

This feature presents information for patients in a question and answer format. It is written to simulate actual questions that many pain patients ask and to provide answers in a context and language that most pain patients will comprehend. Issues addressed in this issue are carpel tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, glucosamine and chondroitin, hypnosis, marijuana.

Topics: Cannabis; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Chondroitin; Diabetic Neuropathies; Drug Combinations; Fibromyalgia; Glucosamine; Humans; Hypnosis; Pain; Pain Management; Phytotherapy; Plant Preparations

Myelopathy due to compression of the cervical spinal cord by thickened dura developed in a patient with Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome. During the last trimester of pregnancy there was severe neurological deterioration with spastic quadriparesis and impairment of sphincter function. Two months after delivery ther had been no improvement, so a cervical laminectomy and longitudinal splitting of the dura from C-5 to the foramen magnum was done. Good return of function resulted.

Topics: Adult; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Cervical Vertebrae; Chondroitin; Dura Mater; Female; Humans; Mucopolysaccharidoses; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Spinal Cord Compression; Syndrome