What are the clinical manifestations of degenerative lesions of the lumbar spine? Now many people are beginning to pay attention to lumbar spine disease, due to the work pressure, the lumbar spine for a long time without rest and relief, it is easy to cause a series of lumbar spine problems, degenerative lesions is a more obvious category. So next, let’s go together to see what are the characteristics of degenerative lesions. 1. lumbar pain and lumbar spine support function decline This type of symptoms are mostly caused by degeneration of the intervertebral disc, lumbar small joint wear and tear hyperplasia, lumbar scoliosis, lumbar spine slippage, etc., characterized by standing after exertion aggravated, bed rest to reduce. 2. Lower limb pain and numbness, intermittent claudication This type of symptom is mainly caused by herniated discs, osteophytes or spinal stenosis that compress nerves and affect nerve blood supply. Intermittent claudication is mainly manifested as walking for a certain distance (usually with the aggravation of the disease, the walking distance is gradually shortened), both lower extremities appear sore, numb and swollen, like filled with lead, thus making it difficult to take steps. At this time, the symptoms can be relieved after bending down or sitting down or squatting for a moment, and then worsen again after starting to walk. This type of symptoms can be manifested as weakness in urination, incomplete urination, urinary retention, as well as decreased sexual sensitivity, impotence, abnormal erection, etc. It is sometimes difficult to distinguish male urinary problems from prostate enlargement. Some scholars believe that men with urinary disorders caused by lumbar spine diseases are sometimes lighter and sometimes heavier, while urinary symptoms caused by prostate diseases are more constant in severity.