Osteomalacia and lumbar disc herniation belong to different types of diseases, and it is impossible to compare the severity due to different personal conditions. 1. Osteomalacia: It is a bony growth that forms on the edges of normal bones caused by heavy physical labor, trauma, overweight, and malnutrition. Osteophytes in different parts of the body can lead to different symptoms, such as neck pain, radiating pain in the upper limbs, sciatica in the lower limbs, intermittent claudication and so on. 2. Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation: After the degenerative changes of various parts of lumbar intervertebral discs, the fibrous annulus of intervertebral discs ruptures and the nucleus pulposus protrudes leading to the irritation or compression of adjacent spinal nerve roots, which leads to symptoms such as lumbar pain, sciatica, and numbness of the limbs. Osteomalacia and lumbar intervertebral disc herniation are two independent diseases, can not be compared, if you suspect that the disease is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner to improve the relevant examinations, to clarify the condition of the doctor’s orders in a timely manner, so as to avoid delays in the condition.