What to do if you have a herniated disc in your lower back, legs and arms are numb

Lumbar disc herniation does not cause numbness in the upper extremities. If this type of patient has numbness in the waist, legs and arms, it may be due to the simultaneous existence of cervical spondylosis, cerebrovascular disease and other lesions. Patients should not deal with it on their own, but should return to the orthopedic department in time for follow-up, improve the relevant examination, and take conservative treatment or surgical treatment and other treatments. The specific treatment measures are as follows: 1. Improve the relevant examination: for this kind of patients, first of all, we should carry out the corresponding physical examination, that is to say, through the doctor’s hands to carry out some simple checkups on the patients, in order to make clear the location of the lesions in general. After that, it is necessary to improve the head and neck, lumbar CT, MRI and other auxiliary examinations. 2. Conservative treatment: Conservative treatment can be preferred for patients with mild lesions. At this time, patients need to keep bed rest, spinal traction, the application of some to improve blood circulation in the brain, anti-inflammatory and nutritive drugs, such as commonly used aspirin, nimesulide, methylcobalamin and so on. 3、Surgery: For some patients with serious lesions, surgery should be taken in time. For example, for spinal lesions, it may be necessary to remove the nucleus pulposus or remove the intervertebral disc and so on. For brain lesions, interventional surgery may be required.