have had for several years. maybe twice pain all of a sudden stopped and switched to right side instead of left. staying on right only for a few minutes, then going back to left side. doesn't matter if standing, lying down, or sitting. always a dull ack to throbing pain on whole left side from lower back down to foot, including left testicle. 20 years ago had trouble with hips and doctor said i had bone growing together in lower back pinching nerves and said would quit hurting after it grew together. never quit hurting. i have put up with pain for years, but am getting tired of it.
Q: Have had pain in lower back on left side, down left hip, left testicle, and down left leg to foot.
Answers (3)
8/11/08 1:14pm
Have your sacrolitic hip joints x-rayed for fusing and fluids, and a blood test to see if you have the HLA-B27 gene. If doctor 20 years ago just said "it's just fusing and will quit hurting after fused", well, hopefully he tested you for Ankylosing Spondylitis. AS for short. Yeah, it quits hurting after fused but movement is lost. He could have started you on medication to slow (doesn't cure) the progresson. My significant other has AS that looking back started in his 20's with hip and lower back pain. He was told at the time it was probably a slipped disk. It wasn't. Since that time, now in his 40's, he has fused all the way up into his neck.
8/11/08 1:57pm
Too, have your Vitamin D level checked (blood test). I registered in the 30's, too low, and have been taking 10,000 IU's. Will be checked again in 3 months. I'm a woman in my 40's. Been dealing with lower back pain and hip pain one and off for awhile. Thought maybe I was getting Arthritis. A lot of people, men women and children, aren't high enough in their Vitamin D. My significant other with AS has also been put on 10,000 IU's and after 3 months is up to the level wanted. Very important with him as his bones are more on the brittle side than most people due to AS ( Ankylosing Spondylitis ).
9/ 2/11 11:54am
i have had chronic pain due to diverticulitis had surgery. started having pain again went in for an evaluation. ct scan discovered that diverticulitis had reappeared. having pain left lower back and left abdomen and rib cage
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