There is no absolute most effective treatment for lumbar pain and leg numbness. Lumbar pain and leg numbness may be caused by lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spondylolisthesis, lumbar tuberculosis and so on, and can be relieved by general treatment, medication and surgery according to different causes.
2. Lumbar spondylolisthesis: Lumbar spondylolisthesis can also lead to spinal cord and nerve compression, causing lumbar pain, lower limb pain and numbness. Mild cases can be treated conservatively with bed rest, methylcobalamin, mannitol to reduce neuroedema, etc. Those who are not effective in conservative treatment can undergo surgery to reset the slipped lumbar vertebrae. 3. Lumbar spine tuberculosis: lumbar spine tuberculosis can cause local bone destruction and nerve compression, resulting in lumbar pain and numbness. Patients can use isoniazid, rifampicin, streptomycin and other anti-tuberculosis drugs on the basis of treatment, the use of methylcobalamin and other nutritive drugs; conservative treatment is ineffective surgical removal of tuberculosis foci. Patients with back pain and numbness of the legs should go to the hospital in time, improve the examination, give targeted treatment after the cause is clear, do not blindly use drugs.