The 31-year-old Mr. Wang is a white-collar worker from a company. He sits 24 hours a day for nearly 10 hours except for the time he spends lying in bed. Recently, he felt sore in his waist, and he recovered after a while, so he didn't pay much attention.
However, when I felt back pain a few days ago, I felt the foot numbness aggravated and realized the seriousness of the problem. After going to the hospital for filming and examination, there was a slight protrusion of the lumbar intervertebral disc. The doctor told him that due to his work, long-term sitting for a long time caused poor blood circulation in the body, local muscle stiffness and spasms, and eventually led to lumbar disc herniation.
these five symptoms, your lumbar intervertebral disc is herniated!
1, low back pain: The characteristics of low back pain in patients with lumbar disc herniation are divided into continuous pain, indirect pain and radiation pain. According to clinical statistics, 95% of patients with lumbar disc herniation have symptoms of low back pain.
2. Radiation pain in the lower extremities: patients with mild symptoms show tingling or numbness from the waist to the thigh and back of the calf, and severe cases show pain like electric shocks from the waist to the feet, accompanied by numbness, which will affect The patient walks normally.
3. Cold limbs: The sympathetic nerve fibers in the spinal canal are stimulated to cause cold limbs and chills in patients with lumbar disc herniation. This symptom occurs in 5%-10% of patients.
4. Symptoms of cauda equina: mainly manifests as numbness, tingling, bowel and urination disorders, impotence, and sciatic nerve involvement in both lower limbs. In severe cases, symptoms such as loss of control over urine and bowel and incomplete paralysis of both lower limbs may occur.
5, lower limb paralysis: lumbar disc herniation has not been treated in time, and the protruding nucleus pulposus has been compressed to the nerve root for a long time, and the lower limbs are inconvenient to walk and even paralyzed.
If you suspect that you have a lumbar disc herniation, you should go to a regular hospital for diagnosis as soon as possible. If you have been diagnosed, you should be treated as soon as possible to avoid aggravation of the disease and cause nucleus pulposus to prolapse and dissociate.
How to check lumbar disc herniation?
1, plain radiograph of lumbar spine: plain radiograph of can not directly reflect the presence of intervertebral disc herniation, but sometimes degenerative changes such as narrowing of the intervertebral space and hyperplasia of vertebral body can be seen on the radiograph, which is not a comprehensive examination.
2, CT examination: can clearly show the location, size, shape and nerve roots of the intervertebral disc herniation. It has great diagnostic value for the lumbar intervertebral disc herniation. It has been widely used at present.
3, MRI examination: has no radiation damage, which is of great significance for the diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation. It can comprehensively observe whether the lumbar intervertebral disc is diseased, and clearly show the shape of the herniated disc and its relationship with the surrounding tissues such as the dural sac and nerve roots through the sagittal images of different levels and the transverse images of the intervertebral discs involved.
Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation can only be treated with precise disease, cause, and symptomatic treatment after the diagnosis is confirmed. Precise examination can effectively help us determine the severity of the condition and provide a reference for effective diagnosis and treatment.
