Is severe pain related to being overweight?
Asked by ashlee832002 on Sep 21, 2009
in Health Conditions
There are often times that I am in so much pain it hurts to stand or walk. For instance, this morning I woke up in pain and found it difficult to walk or go down my bedroom stairs for that matter. Yesterday I was fine all day. I sat down for almost two hours to watch a movie, but when I got up, I just felt like I had been in a terrible accident and it took all my will power to walk. I'm very young, so it's rather disturbing that these things are happening. Is this related to me being overweight?
Answer
You need to see a doctor to find the underlying cause of your pain. Pain and inflammation may be due to an injury, to disorders of the muscular or nervous systems and to other conditions. Be prepared to tell the doctor about the location of the pain and when it started, whether it is sharp, dull, aching, throbbing, shooting or burning, as well as what makes it worse, what helps to ease it, and how it affects your life.
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