What are the causes and symptoms of lumbar disc herniation?

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Lumbar disc herniation can be divided into three types: bulge, protrusion and prolapse. Lumbar disc herniation is the diagnosis of Western medicine, Chinese medicine does not have the name of the disease. But the disease is classified into the category of "low back pain" and "low back and leg pain". This disease is one of the most common lumbar diseases in clinic, and is a common and frequently occurring disease in orthopedics and traumatology department. What are the causes and symptoms of lumbar disc herniation? Let's talk about it

What are the causes and symptoms of lumbar disc herniation?

Trauma is an important factor of disc herniation, especially in children and adolescents. When the spine is slightly loaded and rotated rapidly, the annulus fibrosus can be ruptured horizontally, while the cartilage endplate is ruptured mainly by compressive stress. Some people think that trauma is only the cause of intervertebral disc herniation. The original lesion is that the painless nucleus pulposus protrudes into the inner annulus fibrosus, while trauma makes the nucleus pulposus protrude further into the outer annulus fibrosus with innervation, which causes pain.

The relationship between occupation and lumbar disc protrusion (prolapse) is very close. For example, drivers of automobiles and tractors are in the sitting and bumping state for a long time, so that when driving automobiles, the pressure in the intervertebral disc is high, up to 0.5kpa/cm2, and when stepping on the clutch, the pressure can increase to 1kPa / cm2, which is easy to cause lumbar disc protrusion. The intervertebral disc degeneration is more likely to be caused by heavy physical labor and weight lifting exercise because the pressure in the intervertebral disc can be increased to more than 30KPa / cm2 if the weight of 20kg is lifted in the bending state.

There are few reports of familial onset of lumbar disc herniation in China; In addition, statistics show that the incidence rate of Indians, African black race and Inuit is obviously lower than incidence rate of other nationalities, and the reason for this need to be further studied.

matters needing attention

Appropriate diet: 1. Diversified diet, avoid partial diet, ensure balanced nutrition. 2. Eat more calcium rich foods, such as milk and dairy products, soybean and its products, shrimp, kelp, etc., eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, supplement animal liver properly, vitamin and iron can promote calcium absorption. 3. If the diet is small, you can take some calcium supplements appropriately.