Does anyone know if AD masks pain? My husband is in late stage of a usually painful bone cancer but says he doesn't hurt. He walks like he hurts. Could the AD be masking the pain? My husband is in stage 5-6.
Interesting thought. As if parts of the brain that register pain may be among those that aren't functioning so well. If that were the case though, wouldn't you begin to see the sort of problem that occurs in people with serious diabetes? eg, injuries to the extremities (or elsewhere) in which the pain is not sufficiently noted and therefore the damage becomes greater, sometimes leading to irreversible damage to that body part? I'm just shooting in the dark. Perhaps someone with experience in this area will weigh in.
I wonder if the usually painful bone cancer to which you are referring is Multiple Myeloma? If so, my deceased spouse died from that and it was amazing to me that he did not have the pain that I was lead to believe would be a part of this disease.
Yes, he does have Multiple Myeloma and has no pain. A man down the street also has it and within two weeks of diagnosis was bedridden with pain. He does not have dementia. My husband was dx with MM four years ago and is still up and around though he hasn't had any treatment for two years.
I have some issues concerning MM which I need to take to a MM site. I was led to believe MM is a rather rare disease and yet we have three people on this street who have it--and maybe more I don't know about.
I take care of my wife who was formally diagnosed in 2004 with Early Onset Ad, and is at present stage 6/7. I know that about a year ago, my wife developed an abcessed tooth, and we know how painful they are, but she didn't express any symptoms of pain. It wasn't until the weekend that I noticed that her jaw was swelling and immediately rushed her to the ER to have it evaluated. They gave her some antibotics to combat the infection and the following day I took her to the dentist, where he performed a root canal as soon as the infection cleared up.
There have been other times that I know she must have felt some pain, but it didn't seem to register. It's not uncommon, when having dental work done she is asked if she wants novacain and she declines. The dentist said that he was surprised that she didn't want a local, but if she isn't registering pain, she does not feel it. In addition, she has had two urniary tract infections and has not indicated any discomfort at all.
My mother had Multiple Myeloma, probably for many, many ,years before she wAs diagnosed. She, from time to time ,was treated for bursitis, arthritis, etc....so was experiencing some pain. I'M certain it was MM all along. She did not have AD. I've known numerous cases of MM, I don't think its uncommom.