Symptoms of a herniated lumbar disc compressing the cauda equina in women

In clinical patients suffering from lumbar disc herniation, compression of the cauda equina nerve, the patient will feel pain and discomfort in the lumbar region, there is difficulty in bending, the lumbar region has positive pressure pain, positive percussion pain, and there is a positive straight leg raising test. Female patients have decreased sensation in the dorsum of the foot, the outer edge of the dorsum of the foot, the sole of the foot and other parts of the foot, with numbness, the patient’s bunion dorsiflexion muscle strength is weakened, and pathological reflexes may occur in severe cases. A clear diagnosis can be made through electromyography or MRI films of the lumbar spine. The treatment is mainly conservative, patients should be told to sleep on a hard board bed, reduce the activities of the lumbar region, in the lumbar region can be fixed with a brace or traction, at the same time with massage, acupuncture and other methods.