Hi can you please give me some advice. I have several issues I have Chiari Malformation plus degenerative disc disease in my neck and bone spurs between my C5 and C6. The headaches and neck pain is so severe most days it s hard to function. I currently am in the throes of a violent headache. Can you give options on what I can do to decrease the pain (tried hot bath, cold and got compresses OTC pain meds and RX med of fioricet). This is day 4 of this.
hello must see a neurosurgeon and get the surgery done for Chiara malformation.commonly laminectomy of c1-2 is carried out with fusion, removal of osteophytes and decompression to ease the pressure from protruding brain cerebellar through foramen magnum into upper part of base of neck. This is a permanent cure. Medicines for pain can give only temporary relief and, there can be serious risk to respiratory and neurogenic functions if left untreated. So consult earliest a neurosurgeon best wishes