What are the symptoms of lumbar disc herniation

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Lumbar disc herniation is a word many people are very familiar with, but for the specific situation of this disease or many people do not understand, including the cause of the disease, treatment measures, clinical symptoms and so on, all need a simple understanding, now, let's talk about the main symptoms of lumbar disc herniation.

What are the symptoms of lumbar disc herniation

Low back pain: low back pain is the first symptom of most patients with this disease, the incidence rate is about 91%. A few patients only have leg pain but no low back pain, so not every patient is bound to have low back pain. There are also some patients with low back pain, leg pain after a period of time, at the same time, low back pain to reduce or disappear, come to see a doctor only complain of leg pain. Most of the pain is tingling, often accompanied by numbness, sour feeling.

Lower limb radiation pain: lumbocrural pain is easy to attack after trauma, fatigue and cold, each time about 2-3 weeks, can be gradually relieved. When the attack, such as bed rest, the pain is often reduced. Those who engage in heavy physical labor, especially those who repeatedly bend down, have a high risk of low back and leg pain. There is also a lack of exercise, low back muscle strength is poor, even if occasionally bent to lift heavy or lumbar sprain, also easy to induce low back pain. Any factors that increase abdominal pressure, such as cough, forced defecation, laughing, sneezing, lifting heavy objects, chronic cough, are easy to induce lumbocrural pain, or aggravate the lumbocrural pain that has occurred.

Sensory numbness: in patients with lumbar disc herniation, some patients do not have lower limb pain, but only numbness of limbs, which is mostly caused by the proprioceptive and tactile fibers of nerves compressed by intervertebral disc tissue. The lateral thigh is a common numbness area, which can be burned when wearing clothes. Standing for a long time can aggravate numbness. The reason of sensory disturbance of the lateral thigh is mostly the bulge of annulus fibrosus or joint degeneration, not the herniation of intervertebral disc.

matters needing attention

The basic causes of lumbar protrusion are lumbar disc degeneration, lumbar trauma and accumulated strain. Therefore, through exercise, bones and lumbodorsal muscles will be strong, nervous system reaction will be agile, so in various activities, action will be accurate and coordinated, lumbar spine is not easy to damage; At the same time, exercise is helpful to reduce the load of lumbar spine, delay the degeneration of lumbar intervertebral disc, and prevent the occurrence of lumbar process. The way of exercise can vary from person to person, according to local conditions, such as doing radio exercises, aerobics, Taijiquan and other sports activities.