You must know that not everyone has a superhero in their hearts, but everyone must have 5 lumbar disc men on their waists.
As the saying goes: the greatness of a man is for the country and the people, and the greatness of a man of war is only for you.
You must know that the lumbar disc of the human body has been following you through countless days and nights, performing various tasks of lumbar compression.
But unfortunately, since human beings have become social animals, they forget the time every day when they sit down, and their buttocks are like growing on a chair, and they have not yet sat down.
The lumbar disc has suffered so much pressure for a long time, no matter how hardy the small body is, it can’t bear such repeated torture.
Eventually, it resulted in——lumbar disc herniation.
Lumbar disc herniation, what is the cause?
The so-called lumbar intervertebral disc herniation is actually a degeneration of the lumbar intervertebral disc to varying degrees.
Unlike lumbar intervertebral herniation, lumbar intervertebral herniation is just a pathological phenomenon.
Under the action of external force, the annulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disc is ruptured, and the nucleus pulposus continues to protrude or prolapse from the rupture site, resulting in adjacent nerve roots, cauda equina Nerves are irritated or compressed, resulting in lower back pain.
And when the herniated intervertebral disc compresses the nerve root, resulting in clinical manifestations such as low back pain, it is called “lumbar disc herniation”.
In daily life, how do we diagnose lumbar disc herniation?
1. Identify from walking posture
Patients with lumbar disc herniation need to support their waist or the painful side with their hands after an acute sprain.
When walking, the posture will be abnormal, the lower limbs do not dare to bear weight, and the walking can only be done with a hopping gait, and the body needs to lean forward, and the buttocks must be convex to one side to avoid So painful.
At this time, if you cough a few times, the pain in the lower back will worsen.
2. Judging from the pain site
When lumbar disc disease occurs, there is a radiating pain in the buttocks and lower extremities.
When the abdominal pressure increases, the pain will be more severe. When the lumbar disc herniation is large, the dura mater will also be stimulated, resulting in dural pain, and the pain will be aggravated when moving the body. And the duration will be longer, and the pain will be lessened after a period of rest and bed rest.
If the coccyx is painful, it may also be caused by a herniated disc.
Some patients with high lumbar disc herniation also experience pain in the groin area or inner thigh. These symptoms are all lumbar disc herniation, and we can usually judge according to our actual situation.
3. Diagnose from the painful position
Do the prone positionAt the time, try to press the lumbar spine with your hands. If there is obvious tenderness, it may be a lumbar disc herniation.
You can also observe the lower limb on the painful side while sitting. If the knee joint is bent, straighten the knee joint on the painful side. When you lift, you can’t lift any higher because of the pain.
These two positions can also self-test whether there is an abnormality of the lumbar intervertebral disc.
What should I do if a herniated disc is discovered?
If you really suspect that you have a lumbar disc herniation, you need to go to the hospital’s orthopaedic clinic for a diagnosis.
Fortunately, most patients with lumbar disc herniation are treated conservatively, such as rest, traction therapy, massage, and drug therapy. Choose from different situations.
The most basic and most important form of treatment is bed rest.
Most people’s lumbar disc herniation is actually not serious, and the entire spine can be completely relaxed after bed rest. The pressure on the intervertebral disc is also reduced, which in turn reduces the ability of the surrounding nerve roots to squeeze.
In addition, some patients have inflammation of the nerve root itself. Bed rest can reduce the pressure on the intervertebral disc, and the swelling of the nerve will gradually subside, achieving the purpose of treatment.
If bed rest persists, medication or surgery is recommended.
Drug therapy is mainly aimed at reducing the edema of the nerve root and reducing the local inflammatory response, thereby effectively relieving pain.
