What symptom does lumbar canal stenosis have

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Long term low back pain, if it is not rheumatism, it is likely to be lumbar spinal stenosis, not incurable, and share with you the symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis.

What symptom does lumbar canal stenosis have

Symptom 1: long term lumbosacral pain, leg pain, progressive weakness and numbness of both lower limbs, intermittent claudication, 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. Low back pain should be said to be the common feature of all lumbar diseases, but the low back pain of lumbar spinal stenosis lasts for a long time.

Symptom 2: sensory disturbance: mainly manifested as numbness of limbs, allergy or pain. Most of the patients have the above symptoms, and the initial symptoms. It was mainly caused by the involvement of spinothalamic tract and other sensory nerve fiber tracts. The limbs may be affected at the same time, or symptoms may appear first in one side of the limbs, but most patients begin to have sensory disorders in the upper limbs, especially in the arm. The second is dyspnea in chest or abdomen, and the third is dyspnea in rib or abdomen.

Symptom 3: dyskinesia: mostly after sensory disturbance. The manifestations were vertebral tract sign, weakness, rigidity and inflexibility of limbs. Most of them start from the weakness and heaviness of lower limbs, and the feeling that their feet fall to the ground like stepping on cotton. The heavy ones are unstable in standing and walking, easy to kneel down, and need to walk on the wall or double crutches. With the gradual aggravation of symptoms, they have quadriplegia.

matters needing attention

Active and regular treatment. After the diagnosis of spinal stenosis, active treatment and careful choice of treatment should be made. Don't do strenuous exercise, and pay attention to keep warm, don't do physical labor, if you feel lumbago, you should choose rest as far as possible.