- How is a Herniated Disc Diagnosed?
No matter what the disease, listening to your complaints carefully is the first condition for a correct diagnosis.
When it comes to how to diagnose a herniated disc;
- Your profession,
- The sports you are involved in,
- Accidents you may have had in the past,
- Diagnosis your existing diseases,
- The medications you take,
- Whether you have a smoking habit,
- all the surgeries you have undergone
For a correct diagnosis, Very important issues to know.
The examination starts with measuring your weight and height; It should be in the form of a thorough examination, which continues with you undressing, then examining your entire neck, back, and waist from behind, watching you while squatting, bending, standing up, and walking, and ending with a detailed examination of the strength and reflexes of all the muscles in your leg.
It will be requested later. The existing examinations will complete this process.
Of course, it is not possible to make such an evaluation in less than 30 or even 20 minutes. If your doctor spares three to five minutes for you and asks for your tests directly without even touching you; There is no chance of making an accurate and healthy diagnosis of your complaints. Even worse, if he gives you an incorrect diagnosis; The treatment he will apply will also be wrong. This is how all the disasters you hear about begin. Treatment takes a lifetime, diagnosis takes a minute... Wrong...
Among the tests that will help diagnosis, MRI may come first, but of course open MR >it is not, and it is an MRI examination that must be taken on a good machine and takes at least 15 minutes. Along with MR, your blood tests are almost always requested so that some important diseases are not overlooked. In addition, you almost always need moving x-rays, especially films taken while standing, bending and standing.
Sometimes showing your bones in more detail
- CT (computed tomography), DXA (bone scan showing osteoporosis) as well as EMG (electromyography),
- MEP (motor evoked potentials),
- Nerve measurements such as SEP (sensory evoked potentials)
may also be requested.
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