What are the misconceptions about the treatment of lumbar disc herniation?

With the development of medicine and popularization of medical knowledge, lumbar intervertebral disc herniation (hereinafter referred to as lumbar herniation) is more and more recognized and familiar to people. However, many patients still have some misunderstandings in the treatment and understanding, which leads to delayed treatment and even aggravation of the condition, aggravating the psychological and economic burden of patients. One of the misunderstandings: Low back pain is not considered a disease. In fact, lumbar pain caused by lumbar synostosis not only counts as a disease, but also must be highly valued. Because lumbar synostosis can not only cause lumbar and leg pain, but also cause lower limb numbness, cold, weakness, or even paralysis and urinary and bowel obstruction, seriously affecting the quality of life. Myth two: lumbar synostosis can not be cured. Lumbar synostosis is characterized by easy recurrence and a long repair process. Therefore, some patients mistakenly believe that lumbar synostosis can not be cured. In fact, the overall effect of lumbar synostosis treatment is very good, the excellent rate is about 95%. The so-called cure is not good for two reasons: one is to choose the method is not appropriate, the second is not adhere to the treatment. Myth No. 3: Superstitious about a certain method. There are two types of treatments for lumbar synostosis: surgical and non-surgical. The correct attitude is to choose a specific treatment suitable for each patient according to clinical symptoms, signs, disease duration and imaging examination, and not to exaggerate or superstitiously believe in a certain treatment or subjectively resist a certain treatment. Myth No. 4: Misunderstanding of surgery. Most patients with lumbar synostosis can be relieved or cured by non-surgical treatments, but some patients still need surgery. Surgery is not the first choice in the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis, and therefore should not be blindly operated, which on the one hand, aggravates the unnecessary economic burden on the patient, and on the other hand, increases the chances of “lumbar spine surgery failure syndrome” occurring, and leaves some symptoms that are difficult to be ameliorated.