Lumbar disc herniation

Lumbar disc herniation can be divided into three types: bulging, protruding, and prolapse. Prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc is a diagnosis of western medicine, and the disease is not known in Chinese medicine. Instead, the disease is classified under the category of "back pain" and "back pain". This disease is one of the more common lumbar disorders in clinical practice, and is a common and frequently-occurring disease in orthopedics. Mainly because the various parts of the lumbar intervertebral disc (nucleus pulposus, fibrous rings and cartilage plates), especially the nucleus pulposus, have different degrees of degenerative changes. Under the influence of external factors, the fibrous rings of the intervertebral discs have ruptured, and the nucleus pulposus tissue has broken Protruded (or prolapsed) in the posterior or spinal canal, causing adjacent tissues, such as spinal nerve roots, spinal cords, to be stimulated or oppressed, resulting in waist pain, numbness in one or both lower limbs, and pain. .

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