Causes of lumbar spinal stenosis

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These two days, I feel that my whole body is not strong, and my legs are always very painful. As long as I do some activities, I will feel backache. I checked because of lumbar spinal stenosis. I didn't know why I was ill, so I consulted the doctor about the cause. Next, I will talk about the causes of lumbar spinal stenosis.

Causes of lumbar spinal stenosis

First: lumbar spinal stenosis is a common disease in orthopedics department. Its causes are very complex, including congenital lumbar spinal stenosis, degenerative diseases of spine, spinal fracture or dislocation caused by trauma or spinal stenosis after lumbar surgery. The most common is degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis.

Second: primary lumbar spinal canal stenosis: it is caused by congenital bone dysplasia, which is rare in clinic; secondary lumbar spinal canal stenosis: it is caused by intervertebral disc degeneration, joint degeneration or spondylolisthesis, traumatic fracture dislocation, deformity osteitis, etc. The most common is degenerative spinal stenosis. The onset of the disease is usually concealed and the course of the disease is slow. It occurs in men aged between 40 and 50.

Third: the cause of stenosis is very complex. According to the different parts of clinical stenosis, the typical symptoms of patients can include: long-term lumbosacral pain, leg pain, progressive weakness and numbness of both lower limbs, intermittent claudication and walking difficulty. Among them, numbness can gradually develop from the foot to the lower leg, thigh and lumbosacral, abdominal banding feeling, severe abnormal defecation, paraplegia and so on. Hyperextension of the waist can aggravate the numbness and pain of the lower limbs, which is the positive sign of hyperextension test and is an important sign for the diagnosis of spinal stenosis.

matters needing attention

Some patients got lumbar spinal stenosis because of congenital reasons, and some patients are acquired. Trauma or spinal cord damage is particularly easy to cause lumbar spinal stenosis. Patients can adhere to appropriate rehabilitation training every day, life do not do intense exercise, help to control the disease.