Differential diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation

Lumbar disc herniation refers to the degeneration of the lumbar disc, which causes the nucleus pulposus to protrude from the ruptured annulus fibrosus. Hemorrhagic occlusive vasculitis is mainly manifested by numbness, soreness, pain and intermittent claudication in the lower limbs, but the pulsation of the dorsalis pedis artery and posterior tibial artery is weakened. It can be confirmed by color Doppler ultrasound of the lower limb blood vessels. The differentiation of lumbar disc herniation is mainly to differentiate it from diseases that cause low back pain symptoms, such as lumbar muscle strain, third lumbar transverse process syndrome, and inflammation of the interspinous ligament and supraspinous ligament.

Things to note when having lumbar disc herniation

The main precautions for lumbar disc herniation are as follows: It is recommended to sleep on a hard bed. The so-called hard bed refers to a bare bed board with 2-3 layers of limited bedding to maintain the hardness of the bed, and it is recommended that the patient sleep in a supine position. After a disc herniation, you must pay attention to keeping warm and avoid getting cold, because getting cold can easily lead to spasms in the waist muscles, which will increase the pressure on the lumbar vertebrae, thereby compressing the intervertebral disc, causing the disc herniation to worsen, causing the patient's waist pain and leg numbness symptoms to worsen. It is generally not recommended to perform repeated massages, and appropriate back muscle function exercises should be performed, such as the three-point support method, the five-point support method, the swallow flying method, etc., and you can also do traction bar exercises.

What kind of plaster is good for treating lumbar disc herniation?

Most of the causes are due to excessive fatigue, strain, trauma, coldness and other factors in the patient's waist, which lead to damage to the annulus fibrosus and weakened protection of the nucleus pulposus, resulting in nucleus pulposus protrusion, compression of the dura mater sac, stimulation of both nerve roots and resulting in low back pain or numbness of both lower limbs and other nerve damage symptoms. Lumbar disc herniation is located deep, and because it is in the core of the spine, it is far away from the skin, generally more than 10 cm away, and plasters have no therapeutic effect on disc herniation. After the occurrence of lumbar disc herniation, if the patient is not allergic to plasters, external plasters can be used for auxiliary treatment.