What is a lumbar disc herniation?

“Lumbar herniation is the abbreviation of lumbar disc herniation. Lumbar disc herniation is due to lumbar disc degeneration, rupture of the annulus fibrosus, the nucleus pulposus protrudes to stimulate or oppress the nerve root, the cauda equina and a series of clinical signs and symptoms, commonly known as “lumbar herniation”, is a common clinical disease and the main cause of low back and leg pain, often bring a lot of pain to the patient’s life and work, even cause the disability and loss of working ability. It often brings a lot of pain to the patient’s life and work, and even causes disability and loss of labor ability. Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation is the main cause of low back pain, one of the most common orthopaedic clinical disorders, accounting for 10%-15% of orthopaedic outpatient patients with low back pain, and 25%-40% of hospitalized cases due to low back pain. The most common symptom of lumbar disc herniation is pain, which can be manifested as low back pain, sciatica, and typical sciatica manifested as radiating pain from the buttocks, back of the thighs, and the lateral side of the calves to the heel or the back of the feet. According to clinical statistics, about 95% of patients with lumbar synostosis have different degrees of lumbar pain, and 80% of patients have lower limb pain. Lumbar pain, in particular, is not only the most common symptom of lumbar disc herniation, but also one of the earliest symptoms. Pain occurs mainly due to the protrusion, degeneration of the nucleus pulposus on the adjacent tissues (mainly for the sinus vertebral nerve and spinal nerve roots) of the stimulation and compression, while the nucleus pulposus glycoproteins and other biological substances overflow, the release of histamine and so on, caused by local chemical inflammation, caused by the chemical and mechanical nerve radiculitis caused by the cause of mild or severe chronic low back and leg pain. And the degeneration of the lumbar spine also tends to occur at the same time in other tissues of the lumbar region, such as the small lumbar intervertebral joints, ligaments, lumbar muscles, etc., resulting in localized chronic inflammation of these tissues, causing pain. The two factors interact and aggravate each other, resulting in the progressive development of low back pain. Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, the full medical name should be “lumbar intervertebral disc herniation” due to the name of the different orthopaedic surgeon society of lumbar intervertebral disc lesions named as follows: 1, intervertebral disc: normal intervertebral discs are not degenerative, all the intervertebral disc tissues are in the intervertebral disk. 2. Bulging disc: the annulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disc is uniformly beyond the range of the intervertebral space, and the intervertebral disc tissues are not limited to protrusion. 3. Herniated disc: the intervertebral disc tissue is displaced beyond the intervertebral space in a limited manner. The displaced intervertebral disc tissue is still connected to the original intervertebral disc tissue, and the diameter of its basal continuum is larger than that of the displaced intervertebral disc part beyond the intervertebral space. 4. Prolapsed intervertebral disc: the diameter of the displaced disc tissue is larger than the basal continuum and is displaced beyond the intervertebral space. The prolapsed disc tissue is larger than the ruptured intervertebral disc space and is located in the spinal canal through this fissure. Domestically, lumbar disc herniation is also referred to as lumbar disc annulus fibrosus rupture, lumbar disc prolapse, lumbar intervertebral cartilage disc herniation, lumbar vertebral cartilage plate rupture, and other terms. Although the names and meanings of the above diseases are different, the current more unified name is: “lumbar disc herniation”.