How is lumbar spinal stenosis caused and what are the symptoms?

A variety of diseases can cause lumbar spinal stenosis, lumbar bone hyperplasia, lumbar disc herniation, ligamentum flavum hypertrophy calcification, lumbar spondylolisthesis, lumbar tuberculosis, lumbar tumors, etc. The main symptoms are nerve compression symptoms, pain and numbness in the lower limbs, intermittent claudication: walking for a while requires a break to relieve before walking is a typical symptom with spinal stenosis, lumbar spinal stenosis is just a symptom, to confirm what disease is causing the symptom **.

Lumbar spinal stenosis will be caused by lumbar disc herniation compressing the dural sac and thickening of the ligamentum flavum. Shujin Waist Pill is a special treatment for lumbar intervertebral disc herniation and the sciatica caused by it, spinal stenosis, lumbar bone hyperplasia, and lumbar muscle strain.

Lumbar spinal stenosis is a relatively common disease in life, which is a disease that shortens the diameter of the spinal canal due to some reasons, resulting in some specific neurological dysfunction. In life, there are many people who think that they are suffering from lumbar spinal stenosis when they have low back pain. So, what are the symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis?

Let's take a closer look at this.

1. Low back pain. Low back pain is one of the most common symptoms in people with lumbar spinal stenosis, but it is usually not severe. The pain is not very noticeable when the patient's lower back is bent forward, and the pain is usually felt when the patient bends backwards, and the patient can relieve this symptom with bed rest.

2. Intermittent claudication.

When the patient gets up or walks upright, the pain in the lower limbs will gradually worsen, and the pain will be accompanied by different degrees of numbness and fatigue. In this case, the patient will generally relieve the pain by resting for a while or changing the posture, although the pain will be relieved with rest, but when the patient walks again, there will be an obvious phenomenon that the patient's continuous walking time and distance are decreasing with rest, which is intermittent claudication.

3. Radiating pain.

Because lumbar spinal stenosis is a disease that compresses certain nerves, causing nerve dysfunction, patients usually experience persistent radiating pain, including soreness and numbness. The most obvious feature of these pains is that the pain is sometimes mild and severe, and the onset is bursting and coming.

4. Cauda equina nerve compression.

A small number of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis will have compression of the cauda equina nerve, resulting in symptoms of the saddle area and sphincter, and in severe cases, symptoms such as urinary and urinary disorders and sexual life disorders may occur.