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My girlfriend broke her Humerous in two spots just above the elbow.?
She has metal plates in it after surgery. She is a little girl (120 Lbs) and is on pain medication, but is still in pain. The problem is that she cannot eat ANYTHING. Everything she eats comes right back up. It has been 3 days since the surgery, but she can't keep any food down. What is the problem?
4 Answers
- 1 decade ago
Some pain is not a bad thing, provided that it is manageable and not distressing. While ideally it would be completely managed by the pain medications, lots of the stronger pain meds have adverse side effects. I am generally a fan of aggressively weening people off of these pills.
Her inability to keep food down is likely due to her pain medications disagreeing with her. A discussion with her primary care physician or her orthopedist could result in trying new or different medications, either trying different analgesics or trying an antiemetic. Hopefully the outcome would be continued pain management and resolution of her emesis.
I would imagine that she could get in to someone's clinic quickly to address this problem(if it does not resolve on its own).
Source(s): Medical school. - Douglas BLv 71 decade ago
There can be a variety of reasons for that happening but I think the major reason is because of the trauma to that area of the body but what it also did to the rest of her body. You can break your arm and have the pain remain in just that one part for when it is happening your whole body can tense up and, like in whiplash, they can stay locked in that position until released. The most obvious place to start is with releasing her back muscles which can be putting all kinds of pressure on the nerves to the stomach which can be causing the pain and her to throw up. Also I will add the one for the neck area as the neck can be pulled together, again as the result of the pain, and be a part of what is going on. Here are those releases:
For your neck:
place your hand alongside your head and push your thumb in under your ear and place it on the muscle there. Take your fingers and place them on the back of your neck on the muscles there. Press them together and hold a good amount of pressure on them. Then relax, take a deep breath and exhale. After 30 seconds you should be feeling the muscle going limp under the pressure. Continue to hold until the entire muscle has gone limp, then lean your head forward as far as you can, release the pressure but hold your head there for another 30 seconds.
Back:
Place your left hand on your left knee. Place your right hand over your left shoulder and with your fingertips find the muscle next to your spine. Press on it and hold. Relax, take a deep breath and exhale and don’t tense up any part of your body. After about 30 seconds there should be a release happening and when it does slowly lower yourself forward onto your right leg. If you can lean over the outside edge of your leg it will be better for your release. Continue holding for a total of one minute. Then release but rest your body there for one minute longer. Then reverse and do the right side.
If they work out they are just the stepping stones to the rest of her pain that she may still have in her arm and shoulder area. After you do these and there is still pain she would like to work out let me know about them and I will pass along the information about how to get rid of that pain as well.
- ♪♫GЯAC3♪♫Lv 61 decade ago
she may be having a reaction to her pain meds, i'd give your surgeon a call