Is a herniated disc osteoporosis?

Lumbar disc herniation and osteoporosis are two diseases. Lumbar disc herniation is mainly a disease in which the nucleus pulposus protrudes and compresses the nerve roots due to the rupture of the intervertebral disc fibrous ring between two vertebrae, resulting in low back pain and sciatica as the main manifestation. Osteoporosis is a degenerative disease of the elderly, due to the reduction of calcium in the bones, the reduction of bone mass osteoporosis, prone to fracture as the main clinical manifestations of the disease. The treatment methods are also completely different, lumbar disc herniation can be used traction, physical therapy, acupuncture, take medicine, osteoporosis treatment is mainly supplemental vitamin D and calcium and bisphosphonate treatment.