What do disc patients need to be aware of?

The rapid development of the modern society has caused great changes in the way of production and life of human beings, and there is a great deal of pressure on human beings both physically and mentally. Whether it is a long time in the state of movement of workers, farmers; or sitting in the work of drivers, accountants, clerks, scholars and students, almost everyone will be threatened and attacked by herniated disc. According to world epidemiological statistics, among people under 45 years of age, the primary factor for incapacity and even disability is this disease. In the 45-65 age group, it is the second most common disease after heart disease, so it is called the “disease of the age”. In recent years, see cervical and lumbar intervertebral disc herniation patients in the year-on-year increase in the number of patients, some people do not get the correct diagnosis and treatment, resulting in patients to relieve the pain of the disease to run around the world, various hospitals, money did not spend less, the road did not run, but the pain is still the same, or still residual symptoms; and so many people because of the disease caused by the disease to poverty, because of the disease back to poverty. In today’s society, some doctors look at all the money, some doctors half-knowledge, and there are some quacks under the guise of ancestral, miraculous doctors, chest beating guarantee, as if there is no disease in the world that they can not cure. The patient does not do a detailed examination, a serious diagnosis, all paste ointment, applying potion, taking secret medicine, or all with the same therapy. There are also many patients, lack of scientific knowledge, only believe in the people who guarantee, only believe in the so-called authority of the doctor, run more places, use more methods, the effect is not obvious, then the heart is cold, that their disease this life will not be able to see. I would like to tell the patients: this is the wrong doctor to bring the wrong understanding. As a doctor specializing in pain medicine, and as a medical worker trained by the Party for many years, I have the responsibility to tell patients about the causes of cervical and lumbar herniated discs and the correct treatment methods, and I have the responsibility to help patients tide over the difficult times and rebuild their lives. Herniated disc refers to the role of the intervertebral disc in some external causes, the shape of its own changes, the original regular disc appeared “up and down”, the protrusion of the stimulation or compression of the surrounding nerves, blood vessels or soft tissues, which triggered a series of lumbar, leg pain, numbness, weakness and other characteristics of the lesions. Diagnosis is clear, the key to see the disease is treatment, since 1934 the United States McStuffell (Mixter) and Barre (Barl) two doctors found to determine the lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, about the intervertebral disc herniation of surgical and non-surgical treatment, the medical profession has traditionally existed in a great deal of disagreement. I am against blind surgery because the success or failure of surgery has a great deal to do with the doctor’s experience, skill, mood, and physical condition. If the operation fails, it will bring great regret to the patient. I know an orthopedic director who usually strongly advocates open lumbar and cervical disc removal surgery for his patients, but I did not realize that he also suffered from this disease, but he was afraid of surgical treatment, and sought me to do minimally invasive treatment for him. To be honest, the current surgical technique is still very mature and rarely makes mistakes. However, the surgery will bring different degrees of instability to the whole spine because it strips away part of the muscle, bites off part of the vertebral plate and even forcefully rivets two vertebrae together. But all this does not mean that we are completely against surgery, for the disc herniation is huge, the nerve root compression is heavy or bony spinal stenosis, we tell the patient must be early surgery as well. A large amount of medical data statistics: more than 85% of patients with cervical and lumbar disc herniation can be cured by non-surgical or minimally invasive interventional treatment. Theoretically, we realize that cervical and lumbar disc herniation is caused by a herniated disc that compresses the adjacent nerve root, causing pain and numbness in the nerves and innervated areas. Minimally invasive interventional therapy is the use of C-arm or CT guidance, a therapeutic needle is accurately pierced into the protrusion of the diseased intervertebral disc, and special scientific and technological means of treatment, so that the protrusion dehydration, atrophy, or even disappearance, so as to liberate the compressed nerves, and the pain will also be relieved. This method is less painful, less risky and quicker, which is a great progress and innovation in the development of science and technology.