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Is lumbar disc herniation serious?
Hello, the symptoms of lumbar disc herniation: low back pain, recurrent attacks, often accompanied by hip pain. Unilateral sciatica: Patients often bend over once when brushing their teeth or picking things up from the ground, and suddenly have severe low back pain, unable to stand upright and move, accompanied by sciatica. Pain radiates down the back of the hip, thighs and calves to the feet. Cough, sneezing and forced defecation aggravate the pain. After repeated attacks, a few patients may have bilateral sciatica, accompanied by defecation and sexual dysfunction.

Chronic recurrent low back pain and sciatica are one of the characteristics of this disease. The patient's back is hard and his muscles are tense, which can protrude to the left or right. The straight leg lift test is positive, that is, when the leg is lifted to 20-40 degrees, the leg numbness is aggravated. The prescription of traditional Chinese medicine-lumbar bone paste-can promote blood circulation and has a very unique therapeutic effect on lumbar disc herniation. .

Changes of sensation, movement and tendon reflex: hyperalgesia in the early stage and decreased in the later stage. When the lumbar nerve root is involved, the anterolateral leg feels allergic or dull; When sacrum and nerve roots are involved, hind legs and lateral feet may feel allergic or dull. The former is accompanied by weakness or weakness in toe dorsiflexion, while the latter is accompanied by weakness or weakness in toe plantarflexion. Wish you good health.