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Headache and back pain are some prevalent complications in pregnancy and constitute up to 20% of a gynaecologist’s OPD. Most of the time gynaecologist relies on giving paracetamol tab as it seems to be safest for developing fetus. But Dr Anurag Aggarwal cautions that there is more to this headache and back pain business than…

WHAT IS GOUT Gout is a kind of arthritis. As a pain medicine specialist we commonly see 4-5  gouty arthritis paitients in our OPD per month. Increase in uric acid levels in the blood is called hyperuricemia and when these urate crystals get deposited in the joints it causes inflammation and pain leading to gout…

Headaches occur in several different forms. Some headaches are life-threatening and require immediate medical attention, while others are not. Any headache can still be treated in an emergency room, but some headaches will require further investigation to rule out a more serious problem. We’ll go through four headache situations that demand immediate attention but bear…

I had not applied this much butter on my bread for breakfast since school days. But this was a special morning. We were ready for our road trip to Bharatpur sanctuary, a holiday trip after a 2 year waits due to covid restrictions. The night before we were getting our prep ready. For me, that…

An Unusual cause of chronic pain, be it back pain, coccydynia or other chronic pain -problems 29 yr. old female a mother of 2 kids aged 7yrs and 5 yrs.from a well-educated financially stable family visits my spine and pain clinic with severe low back pain with her husband. It’s been a common problem in…

Epidural steroid injections have been used for decades by interventional pain management specialists to help reduce inflammation, which can cause considerable nerve irritation and pain in the back, neck, arms, and legs. Despite the success of this pain management tool, there are several misconceptions about what the injections can do and how they are being…

ANOTHER HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY STORY  Here we’ll be discussing a specific pregnancy complication that is close to my heart: preeclampsia. Radha, a 35-year-old multigravida had HELLP syndrome (the more severe case of preeclampsia) when she was pregnant with her son. Before we dive into Radha’s story, we want to give a brief look at what this…

I’m a 41-year-old OB/GYN. As a freelancer obstetrician, I’ve been on call daily for my entire career. Let that sink in for a minute. How many people get up and answer phone calls, remove ectopic pregnancies, deliver babies, and do C-sections for an entire career?  Probably not many. It has been a Sunday afternoon at…

A 55-year-old female walked into our chamber (Pain Clinic in Indirapuram) with complaints of pain in her right buttock radiating to her thigh and legs for 3 months. She was a bit obese and was limping while she entered. Her knees were a bit deformed due to osteoarthritis. Her response after my question about her…