What does spinal stenosis mean

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A few days ago, my grandfather said that his hands and feet are painful, especially in the waist, and the symptoms are more and more severe. The doctor said that it is caused by spinal stenosis, which seems to be a rare disease. So I'll introduce to you what spinal stenosis means.

What does spinal stenosis mean

First, there are many patients who will still have back and leg pain when they are standing or walking. Generally speaking, if they are walking for a short distance, they will feel lower limb pain

Second: numbness and weakness, and there will be walking more and more seriously. In general, sometimes it will appear. When you squat or sit slightly, you will have the symptoms of low back and leg pain, or broken line will be relieved, because it will cause the main reason of intermittent broken line,

Third: in general, it may be related to cauda equina or nerve root stimulation or compression, and many other reasons. In general, most patients with lumbar spinal stenosis have a history of low back pain or accompanied by low back pain. Pain is generally mild, bed rest is reduced or disappeared, lumbar flexion is not limited, extension activities are often limited.

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Spinal stenosis can be said to be a neurological disease. Generally, patients with mild degree of illness will feel pain, which is also the earliest symptom. In severe patients, hand and foot disorders will occur, and they can't take care of their own life.