How to treat lumbar l4 l5 disc herniation

Common treatments for lumbar 4/5 disc herniation include general treatment, medication, and surgery. 1. General treatment: to make the inflammatory edema of the irritated nerve root subside is the purpose of non-surgical treatment. 80% to 90% of people with lumbar disc herniation can be treated non-surgically, and most of them can be relieved with 3 to 4 weeks of bed rest in general. Traction facilitates the return of the nucleus pulposus. Tui na massage can relieve muscle spasm and reduce the pressure on the nerve root. 2. Drug treatment: Epidural steroid injection can be performed to reduce the inflammation of the nerve root, commonly used drugs are compound betamethasone, vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and so on. 3. Surgical treatment: if the history of the disease is more than 3 months or half a year, and the strict conservative treatment is ineffective or the symptoms are aggravated, surgical treatment is feasible, and the classic posterior transforaminal open nucleotomy is adopted, and minimally invasive surgeries, such as percutaneous puncture discectomy and endoscopic lumbar discectomy, etc., are also available. If the diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation is confirmed, early standardized treatment is recommended to reduce the adverse effects of the disease. All of the above medications should be administered under a doctor’s supervision.