Herniated Disc NumbnessHerniated disc numbness is one of the associated neurological symptoms often blamed on a bulging disc somewhere in the spine. Numbness can be a direct result of neurological compression or can be explained by many other conditions not even related to the coincidental disc herniation. As with all back pain syndromes, proper diagnosis is difficult to achieve in many cases, leading to a string of failed treatments, a downward spiral of health and one very frustrated patient.
Herniated Disc Numb Finger Herniated Disc Numb Leg Herniated Disc Numb Foot Herniated Disc Paresthesia Numbness from a Herniated Disc / LumbarNumbness blamed on a lumbar herniated disc will be experienced in the lower back, buttocks, legs and/or feet. Numbness can be enacted by foraminal stenosis or spinal stenosis and can be mild or severe. Numbness may exist alone, but far more often is accompanied by pain, weakness and tingling in the affected areas. It is crucial to examine the location of the symptoms and make sure they correlate to the expected pattern supporting the diagnosis. In my experience, the actual herniated disc symptoms are often too far ranging to support the suspected diagnostic theory…Herniated Disc Numbness / CervicalCervical herniated discs are often blamed for causing numbness in the neck, upper back, shoulder, arms and/or hands. Once again, the symptom of numbness may be the only complaint in rare instances, but is far more likely to exist in combination with pain, tingling, or weakness of the surrounding tissues. As with lumbar disc issues, herniated discs in the neck are typically blamed for causing symptoms which are too diverse to be explained from the single herniated disc diagnosis. This is a very common occurrence leading to a long history of failed disc treatments and often unnecessary disc surgery.Herniated Disc Numbness AdviceNumbness comes in 2 distinct forms. Complete or objective numbness is the actual clinically proven result of a real pinched nerve condition. When a nerve is truly compressed, it will not signal at all, often producing NO CHRONIC PAIN, but also enacting objective numbness. This type of numbness is also the desired effect of many neurological surgeries, such as nerve burning, tying and cutting, to enact pain relief from a diagnosed problematic nerve root. In my experience, objective numbness is rather rare in back pain patients… Far more common is the second type of numbness called subjective numbness. This is when the area has intermittent feeling and feels heavy and dead. However, sensation is present and can be tested for by a neurologist. This is far more likely in back pain patients and is rarely the result of any type of diagnosed compression syndrome. Subjective numbness is sometimes a good diagnostic indicator of ischemia, while objective numbness is more typically the sign that something is truly anatomically wrong…Herniated Disc Numbness to Herniated Disc 11/9/10 Revised 7/17/11 |
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