Lumbar disc herniation is caused by degeneration and aging of intervertebral discs, which originally occurred in middle-aged and elderly people, but now more and more young people have joined the ranks of lumbar disc herniation patients;
The reason is that most of today's young people have poor living habits, little exercise, long-term sedentary, affecting the blood circulation of the body, making local muscles stiff and spasms.
If the following 5 symptoms occur, be careful that the lumbar disc process comes:
1. Pain in the lower back
Clinically, more than 95% of patients with lumbar disc herniation can have low back pain, which is also the most easily detectable feature of the disease, mainly manifested as dull pain in the waist, pull-like pain, increased pain during standing and sitting for a long time, and reduced symptoms when lying flat.
In addition, patients may experience acute spastic pain in the lumbar region, usually due to ruptured disc fibers, and patients often require bed rest.
2. Radiation pain in lower limbs
Patients with mild disease may have numbness and tingling sensations in the waist and the back of the legs, and electric shock-like pain may occur from the waist to the feet in severe patients, which can affect the normal walking function of patients.
3. Cold limbs and muscle paralysis
Patients with lumbar disc herniation may experience symptoms of limb chills due to stimulation of sympathetic fibers in the spinal canal, which accounts for about 5% to 10% of patients.
In addition, because the lesion compresses the nerve, causing it to lose its innervation function on the corresponding muscle, the patient will also have symptoms of muscle paralysis and weakness.
4. Cauda equina nerve symptoms
Patients with lumbar disc herniation due to lesions compressing the cauda equina nerve, can cause cauda equina nerve disorders, urination, defecation disorders, tingling and other symptoms, if the condition is serious, it may cause loss of control of urine and urine, and even incomplete paralysis of the lower limbs.
5. Lower limb paralysis
If the lumbar disc herniation is not treated in time after the occurrence, the lesion compresses the nerve root for a long time, which can lead to walking disorders and even cause paralysis.
If you suspect that you have a lumbar disc herniation, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible to check and confirm the diagnosis, so as not to aggravate the disease. So, what tests should be done for lumbar disc herniation?
1. X-ray plain film inspection
X-ray can reflect whether the lumbar space is narrowed, whether there is vertebral edge hyperplasia, etc., it can not directly determine whether there is a lumbar disc herniation, should be combined with other examination methods to confirm the diagnosis.
2. CT examination
This is a common clinical examination method, through which the location, morphology, size and whether it is compressed to the nerves can be clearly displayed, which is of great reference value for the treatment of diseases.
3. MRI examination
MRI is of great significance for the diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation, which can not only comprehensively see whether the lumbar disc has a lesion, but also show the morphology of the lesion and its relationship with the surrounding tissues through the transverse incision image of the lesion site, which can provide a good reference for the next step of treatment.
Lumbar disc herniation can cause paralysis when it is serious, therefore, if you often have low back pain, lower limb pain, limb chills and other symptoms, you should be vigilant, timely to the hospital for examination, through X-ray examination, CT examination and other clear conditions, if diagnosed as lumbar disc herniation, to take effective measures to treat to prevent the aggravation of the disease.