What are the dangers of lumbar disc herniation?

What are the dangers of lumbar disc herniation?

For patients with lumbar disc herniation, lumbar disc herniation is a torture because many patients suffer from the pain caused by this disease.

When it comes to the harm of lumbar disc herniation to patients, there are actually many aspects of impact. The more common harm is the patient's low back pain, which is a very common aftereffect of the disease. Patients will also experience varying degrees of pain depending on the extent of the disease, but if low back pain occurs, even basic daily activities may become very difficult for the patient.

Lumbar disc herniation often brings more harm than these, there is also a kind of radiating pain like lower limbs. For mild patients, it is generally manifested as radiating tingling from the waist to the back of the patient's thigh or calf. Sometimes there will be numbness, which will go directly to the soles of the feet. Some patients may be able to tolerate this. But for patients with severe conditions, there will be severe pain like electric shock from the waist to the feet, which is generally accompanied by a strong numbness during the attack. Although for some patients with mild pain, they can still walk, but the patient will show unstable gait and limp; at the waist, the tension in the sciatic nerve can be relieved by leaning forward or holding the waist with hands. But for severe patients, bed rest is still recommended, and occasionally the hips, knees, and side lying can be flexed. Generally speaking, if there are factors that increase abdominal pressure, the radiating pain will increase.

Because the patient will have some injuries in many aspects, in addition to some of the contents mentioned above, if the condition is serious to a certain extent, the patient will also feel abnormal difficulty in defecation, and if the situation is more serious, urinary incontinence will also occur.

Generally speaking, lumbar disc herniation is more harmful and will affect the patient's daily life to a certain extent, so the patient must actively cooperate with the treatment, follow the doctor's instructions, and try not to be too tired. Usually, you can consider doing some exercise within your ability to avoid unnecessary damage to the waist.