After Stroke Pain
When I left hospital three months ago, I wasn’t in much pain. I suppose I’m not really now, but I do have an itchy scalp, pain in the left side of my face, in my left wrist and in my humerus, which was broken when I was about fourteen. Reading a piece on the National Stroke Association’s website, this pain may be caused by the brain misreading the sensations sent through the nerves and not nerve damage. It also says that conventional medicines aren’t very good at countering the pain.
The paper also says that you could end up misusing drugs. It’s a bit difficult when you don’t take them. But despite the advice I did take an aspirin.
I don’t know about it, but it is something that I must discuss with my doctor.
The Anonymous Widower 
Depending on the cause of the strokes, be careful with the aspirin, they can cause internal bleeds, as can ibuprofen.
I have nerve pain, and the drugs I take are not conventional pain killers, they are low doses of drugs which are more often presribed for epilepsy and depression, but affect the way nerve signals pass along and thus dampen the pain.
Comment by Liz P | August 29, 2010 |
I’ve read about using epilepsy drugs and anti-depressants for pain.
My doctor in Hong Kong said aspirin was OK. But I’ve only taken one.
Comment by AnonW | August 29, 2010 |
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