Misconceptions about lumbar disc herniation

The human body disc due to age, strain and external forces, resulting in rupture of the annulus fibrosus, the nucleus pulposus protrudes from the rupture or prolapses, compression of the lumbar nerve root or cauda equina nerve, and the emergence of lumbar pain, numbness, and a series of neurological symptoms, known as lumbar herniated disc. It should be pointed out that the majority of common diseases such as sciatica are actually caused by lumbar disc herniation. As people’s awareness of their own health enhancement, the lumbar herniation of this disease up more and more people understand and familiar with, however, there are still many people on the lumbar herniation of half-knowledge and misunderstanding. 1, “lumbar and leg pain is not a disease”, let it go without paying attention to timely diagnosis and treatment. According to statistics, in the population of about 80% of people have had different degrees of low back and leg pain in their lives. Caused by back and leg pain of many diseases, some back and leg pain after the cure of the primary disease, the pain also disappeared, and some even without treatment can also be cured. Therefore, some people think that low back pain is not a disease. In fact, lumbar pain caused by lumbar synostosis not only counts as a disease, and should be given high priority, otherwise the development of serious paralysis and urinary and bowel obstruction, seriously affecting the quality of life. 2, “lumbar and leg pain can not be cured”, negative and pessimistic to give up reasonable and scientific treatment methods. Lumbar synostosis is characterized by recurring symptoms, if the maintenance is not easy to recur, especially nerve damage, nerve function repair process is longer. Therefore, some patients, even some non-professional doctors believe that the disease is not curable, some patients thus negative pessimism to give up the treatment, in fact, lumbar synostosis treatment of the overall effect is very good, we use bone manipulation reset technology, the clinical cure rate can reach more than 90%. The so-called cure is not good, there are three reasons, one is to choose the method is not appropriate, the second is not adhere to the treatment, the third is to frequently change the treatment method. 3, partiality, superstitious “special effect therapy” into a dead end. Lumbar synostosis has surgery and conservative treatment methods, the latter includes traction, massage, acupuncture, medication and external application, as well as a variety of minimally invasive techniques and many other methods. It should be said that any one of these methods can cure some patients, but no one method can cure all patients, and even in some cases, some methods are contraindicated. Therefore, the correct attitude is based on different clinical manifestations, imaging examinations by a professional doctor to choose the appropriate symptomatic treatment methods, can not be superstitious about a particular method, into a dead end. 4.”Lumbar and leg pain should never be operated”. Chinese people since ancient times, the waist is the capital of the kidney, very important, can not be operated, or the rest of life is over. It should be said that more than 95% of patients with lumbar disc herniation can be relieved or cured by conservative treatment, but there are still some patients who have to undergo surgery after ineffective conservative treatment, or further aggravation of the condition or paralysis, and the sooner the better, or the damaged nerve function can not be restored, and may become permanent, do not put the danger of the surgery to a considerable height. Therefore, one should cooperate with the surgery with a good heart and sincerity and should not be afraid of it. Clinically, we give individualized treatment plan according to the specific disease of the patient. Starting from the actual situation of the patient, we do not operate if it should be conservative, and do not delay if it should be operated, so as to formulate the most suitable treatment for the patient.