Late symptoms of lumbar disc herniation?

summary

Lumbar disc herniation is a common chronic disease, which is caused by the degenerative changes of bone and joint, and has a great relationship with the daily living habits of patients. When patients have symptoms of low back pain, they should pay attention to check the position and degree of protrusion, and pay attention to the CT or MRI examination of lumbar spine. Patients with severe lumbar disc herniation will have walking difficulties, and the pain of patients is also severe, so the effect of conservative treatment is not good.

Late symptoms of lumbar disc herniation?

The range of sensory disturbance in lumbar disc herniation is small, but if the cauda equina nerve is involved, the range of sensory disturbance will increase. Most patients will also slowly appear muscle strength decline, for different nerve parts, muscle strength decline is not the same place, for example, lumbar 5 nerve corresponding to ankle and toe back extension decline.

The majority of patients with lumbar disc herniation will have low back pain, generally feel more obvious in the lower back, sometimes accompanied by hip pain. In addition, lower limb pain is generally high lumbar disc herniation, can cause femoral nerve pain, but it is not common, less than 5% in clinical.

The pain of patients with lumbar disc herniation is obvious when it is serious. If the herniated part of the lumbar vertebra of the patient presses the sciatic nerve, the patient will also have sciatica. It is suggested that the patient should be treated as soon as possible. If the effect of conservative treatment is not seen, surgery is recommended.

matters needing attention

Because lumbar disc herniation is caused by certain external force, so prevention is to reduce the accumulation of external injuries, usually have a good sitting posture, do not often sleep in a soft bed, it is best not to sleep in a soft bed, work often need to bend down, to do regular stretching, chest activities.