Herniated disc is one of the most common causes of low back pain. Low back and/or leg pain is one of the diseases that cause loss of work power. Mostly, this complaint is relieved spontaneously or with simple treatment and rest without consulting a health institution. When lumbar hernia disease is mentioned, pain complaints arising as a result of this pressure come to mind. Discs are structures that minimize the effects of the bone structure during the loads on the spine and function like a kind of suspension.
Heavy lifting, reverse and sudden movements, etc. Mechanical strains are among the causes of hernia formation. However, patients often do not remember the possible cause at the onset of pain.
Pain may come on gradually or suddenly. Pain is an indispensable complaint of lumbar hernia. Very rarely, the complaint of pain can stop abruptly and during this time, a sudden loss of strength develops in the relevant muscles of the leg. It indicates severe damage to the nerve and loss of function of the fibers in it. The presence of leg pain is a more important complaint in terms of lumbar hernia, and it can often be estimated at what level of the spine the lumbar hernia is based on the spread of the pain.
Numbness in the leg is a common complaint that accompanies pain. The numbness is a complaint that heals later than the pain after the treatment. In this case, the patient states that he cannot manage the paralyzed part of his leg while moving it. Most often, there is weakness during thumb retraction and ankle retraction, and the patient begins to shuffle. Loss of strength, press forward on the nerve It means that it is in severe condition, and the development of this condition requires urgent treatment. If these rare complaints are present, the patient should apply to the nearest health institution and if a herniated disc is diagnosed after the examination, an emergency operation should be performed as soon as possible.
In general, the common thought is hernia=surgery. However, this situation is far from reflecting the truth medically. Seeing lumbar hernia in MRI does not mean surgery. After examining the patient's complaints, examination and the necessary imaging methods (x-ray, tomography, MRI, etc.), it will be the best way to make a decision about the patient. Unfortunately, the answer to this question is yes. However, thanks to the developing surgical techniques, the recurrence rates, which we call relapse, are decreasing. I would like to draw attention to one more issue, when the phrase "repeated hernia" is said, in fact, hernias that occur at another level are often mentioned. Of course, we should not expect the patient and those around him to be aware of this situation.
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