friendly medical tip for the forum

[chad]

if you are ever tempted to apply capzasin hp to your skin to try and dull nerve pain, DO NOT DO IT.

that is all.

:o

[horseshoe3]

Here's another one. Desitin is good for heat rash. Aloe vera is good for heat rash. Both at the same time will make heat rash the least of your problems.

[chad]

also, i should follow up with this: if the directions tell you to use the smallest amount possible to dull the pain, don't rub in 2 table spoon fulls. and whatever you do, don't get it close to your privates.

[gunDriller]

also, i should follow up with this: if the directions tell you to use the smallest amount possible to dull the pain, don't rub in 2 table spoon fulls. and whatever you do, don't get it close to your privates.

does it produce a gnarly rash - or worse ?

[chad]

my skin looks burnt, and i am in hell. literally. tried to wash it off with vinegar and lemon juice, have taken 3 showers, nothing. it's in there doing the devil's work now.

[Neuro]

If you have nerve pain it is always a good idea to find out what caused it. Most nerve pains are biomechanical in origin, iow it is tensions in your musculoskeletal system that causes these. The underlying imbalances a chiropractor can correct, and determine whether it may have another origin apart from the musculoskeletal system, such as diabetic or alcoholic neuropathy, tumor, stroke, or a permanent nerve injury from any of the above...

A deficiency of anti-inflammatory medication doesn't really happen...

I would like some specifics about what happens if you do the above...

[chad]

it's resulted from my hernia surgery. they think scar tissue on the nerves, or entrapment by scar tissue from the mesh.

[muffin]

my mom, the nurse, always told me "don't put anything on a wound that you wouldn't put on your eye." pretty general but easy enough to remember....

[Neuro]

it's resulted from my hernia surgery. they think scar tissue on the nerves, or entrapment by scar tissue from the mesh.

Ouch! That doesn't sound good at all. If it is so learn to live with it, it will probably decrease over time (nerves tend to find ways around it over time).

Trying to reduce the pain chemically is a losing battle though, it will kill you before the pain is killed.

However if you are not certain the pain is from the surgery, go to a good chiropractor and have it examined, sometimes walking in a pain avoidance posture with an inguinal hernia can create other biomechanical problems in the spine/pelvis that cause the nerve pain.

Where do you feel it?

[chad]

it's has to be from scar tissue. it radiates out from about 1 inch to left of where i had 1 repair done. was not there previous to the surgery, was there 1 day or so after. it's like electrical shocks that radiate out around my thigh, up to my neck, all over my groin, etc. it's like being hooked up to a car battery. the plan is to put me on nerve blockers so i can at least get through physical therapy, then try taking me off them. i can't do any of the therapy at this point, it's all electrical shocks and muscle spasms that result from them. apparently there's some cluster of nerves right up next to the top of the inguinal canal that i have covered in crap.

[willie pete]

my mom, the nurse, always told me "don't put anything on a wound that you wouldn't put on your eye." pretty general but easy enough to remember....

I wouldn't put a topical anti-bacterial in my eye, but I'd put it on a laceration.......NOT a deep puncture wound though

[Neuro]

it's has to be from scar tissue. it radiates out from about 1 inch to left of where i had 1 repair done. was not there previous to the surgery, was there 1 day or so after. it's like electrical shocks that radiate out around my thigh, up to my neck, all over my groin, etc. it's like being hooked up to a car battery. the plan is to put me on nerve blockers so i can at least get through physical therapy, then try taking me off them. i can't do any of the therapy at this point, it's all electrical shocks and muscle spasms that result from them. apparently there's some cluster of nerves right up next to the top of the inguinal canal that i have covered in crap.
Fuck, that is bad! I wish I could give you some advice re your situation, unfortunately this is just something that happens frequently enough with inguinal hernia surgery. The only comfort I can give is that it will get better in time... Physical therapy won't change anything of your underlying problem. Sorry!

[Libertytree]

Put milk or yogurt on it, it nullifies capcasin.

[Libertytree]

Did that help ya?

[osoab]

Did that help ya?


He's probably in a milk bath right now. :o

[zap]

Capsaicin sucks, I rubbed his back with it once or twice without gloves on , and I washed my hands really really good 2 or 3 times, that crap will get into places you really don't want it, ( eyes? or other parts of your body? lol ) I finally had enough sense to keep rubber gloves here. I really hate the stuff.

[Libertytree]

I used to make very high octane hot sauce and when I 1st got started I thought those latex gloves would protect me, damn was I wrong! Yeah, I went to take to the bathroom and paid for it dearly. I thought my hands were hot sauce free and rubbed my eye and thought I would go blind, then I let a steam of boiling Habaneros hit me in the face..another blinding moment.

Dairy products counter act hot stuff, period. Water and beer etc will momentarily quash it but not remedy it.

[milehi]

What's weird is that the mouth burn is typically eight minutes, while the burn outside the body can last more than a day.

[horseshoe3]

my mom, the nurse, always told me "don't put anything on a wound that you wouldn't put on your eye." pretty general but easy enough to remember....

I wonder if that includes alchohol and iodine. Like you said, it's pretty general, but I think those are good for wounds and I wouldn't put them in my eye.

[chad]

Did that help ya?

milk did help, liberty. never again!

[Old Herb Lady]

Completely fixable.

I've seen people with scar tissue & adhesions so bad that their insides were like a cob web or spider web from adhesions
and they'd have to go in to get the scar tissue/adhesions cauterized
because it was adhering to other organs & causing excruciating pain and with the kind of symptoms your talking about
then it all just grows right back all over again anyways.

Turmeric capsules (with bioperine) 3 times a day for pain & inflammation that irritating the nerves.

Castor oil packs every day or overnight. It's messy & will stain your clothes & linens.
Lay plastic down to prevent that. (like a garbage bag or anything to not stain what your laying on.)
Put castor oil on flannel cloth or wool cloth (warm it up a little) apply to area, put plastic wrap/saran wrap over top & then heat pad over top that.

The castor oil pack will start to dissolve your scar tissue.

Pain & inflammation be gone in no time.

I've seen it work for TONS of stuff.


DIY

[chad]

cool, do you have a link where can the right kind of turmeric capsules? i found the castor oil stuff here locally already.

[Old Herb Lady]

cool, do you have a link where can the right kind of turmeric capsules? i found the castor oil stuff here locally already.



http://www.oregonswildharvest.com/owh/browse/product/turmeric

Chad, the bioperine is just 'black pepper'. If you bought the turmeric locally at a health food store
and it doesn't have it in it, just eat black pepper on your food ( if u can ) at the same as you take the capsule.
The bioperine/black pepper increases the effect the turmeric, that's all. Good Luck. I hope you try it.

[chad]

i will order it right now! thx!