The woman's repeated thigh pain is actually the disaster caused by "tight jeans"

Sanxiang Metropolis Daily, December 13 (All-media reporter Li Qi correspondent Tan Junjie Shi Rong) In the past two years, Ms. Cai in Changsha has always felt pain on the outside of her left thigh, "like a piece of meat has been lost", touching the surface of the film.

Went to several hospitals for examination, considering that it was the cause of the lumbar spine, did acupuncture and physiotherapy, the effect did not improve, but the symptoms became more and more obvious. For this reason, Ms. Cai was very distressed.

Recently, Ms. Cai visited the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of the Second People's Hospital of Hunan Province. According to Ms. Cai's description, Chief Physician Tang Qingping, Director of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, and Tan Junjie, the therapist in charge, gave the patient a detailed physical examination, and combined with the patient's recent medical imaging data, common lumbar spine, hip joint, bone and other causes were ruled out one by one.

Experts peeled back the cocoon and found that as long as the position of the inner edge of the anterior iliac spine of Ms. Cai's waist and abdomen could induce her symptoms, according to which it was judged that the cause of Ms. Cai's etiology was - "lateral cutaneous neuritis", and the "culprit" behind it was "jeans".

Director Tang Qingping said that Ms. Cai usually likes to wear tighter jeans, and the waistband of the pants is just stuck in the position of the upper spine in front of the iliac, repeatedly squeezing the lateral skin nerve below the femoral, resulting in nerve inflammation.

Finding the "culprit" of the trouble, Ms. Cai's thigh pain is solved. The treatment team of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of the Second People's Hospital of Hunan Province adopted comprehensive treatment methods for Ms. Cai's pain symptoms, using acupuncture, manual techniques, physiotherapy, drugs and other treatment methods to release, anti-inflammatory, and nourish nerves at the nerve jamming site. After two courses of treatment, the thigh pain that had plagued Ms. Cai for more than two years was finally alleviated.

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Director Tang Qingping explained that lateral femoral dermatitis is not uncommon in the clinic, and the most common cause is regional compression of the lateral femoral skin nerve when it passes through the inguinal ligament, such as trauma, tight dress, pregnancy and obesity. Because the symptoms of the disease are very similar to those of sciatica, many patients often mistake themselves for sciatica.

So how to distinguish between lateral femoral dermatitis and sciatica? Lateral femoral cutaneous neuritis is mainly in the patient's outer thighs appear numbness, ant crawling, pain and other symptoms, this pain generally does not pass the knee, while sciatica will start from the waist, the back of the thighs and radiate to the patient's calves and heels. Therefore, mo regards the pain and numbness on the outside of the thigh as sciatica and misses treatment.

Experts add that patients with lateral femoral cutaneous neuritis should pay attention to the following prognosis:

1. Maintaining a good lifestyle will help alleviate the patient's symptoms and discomfort. Maintain an appropriate weight and avoid overly tight belts.

2. Eat more foods rich in vitamin B to nourish the nerves and promote recovery.

3. Avoid trauma, reduce the damage of the lateral femoral skin nerve caused by trauma, and reduce the incidence of lateral femoral dermatitis.

4. Adhere to low-intensity or moderate-intensity aerobic exercise to enhance their own resistance.