spinal cord injury/electrical shocks

spinal cord injury/electrical shocks

Q:

Age: 70 Sex: F Concern: Spinal cord injury

Do you have any suggestions for my son 52 yrs., a paraplegic who suffers extreme painfully electrical shocks that can last for days, every 10 seconds? His injury was 13 yrs ago. Thank you.

-- jane

A:

Syrinx, cyst formation in the spinal cord, needs to be ruled out. See you doctor. He can try GABA medications, Neurontin or Lyrica

-- Sherman Nam Tran, M. D.

to ask Dr. Tran.