Double amputee every thing OK apart from terrible terrible
Phantom pains
2007-01-22 11:27:48 · 4 answers · asked by johngrahamc168 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
My uncle had this and had phantom iches as well. He got really irratated as he couldn't scratch his leg obv cos it wasnt ther! lol! he told me that when he took a hot bath it really helped and herbal teas also. u cud try these and see if they work. good luck and hope they go away soon. :)
2007-01-24 10:05:42 · answer #1 · answered by xox Sophz xox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientific American Mind magazine had an interesting article on this last year. People experiencing muscle cramps in an amputated arm (say the right arm) looked into a box that had a mirror (on the right side of the box) reflecting the left arm - so it looked like the persons right arm. They were instructed to relax the hand/arm and the mind picked it up as having been done to the missing right arm. It was the visual mind trick that was the link. Does this sound like something you could do with the help of someone else's legs? I wish you luck.
2007-01-22 11:41:07 · answer #2 · answered by justwondering 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that using a TENs machine on the affected limb can help with phantom pain, you could try this and see if it helps, some hospitals with a pain management deptartment loan out TENs machine so it might be worth seeing if your hospital has a pain clinic and give it a go, you've got nothing to lose and it is drug free, the clinic might have some other ways off dealing with phantom pain. try looking at mayoclinic.com, this has many ideas on how treat.
I wish you luck.
2007-01-22 14:25:52 · answer #3 · answered by denise4264 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The nerve that ran from the foot to the decrease again and as a lot because the mind is what's causing the discomfort. you do not opt to rub the foot yet in case you try to rub the decrease again, perchance use a variety of vibrator massagers on a youthful putting, you may want to offer some relief to the nerve. also gently rubdown the area on the bottom of the stump as a lot as te decrease again. She might want to experience a discomfort in her foot this isn't any longer there in spite of the undeniable fact that this is the nerves that are bothering her. both legs makes me imagine she is diabetic. Be very careful in case you rubdown her that you do not extra worsen her or inflame the area as sores might want to be sluggish to heal in a diabetic.
2016-10-17 02:50:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋