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Title: Homeopathy Treatment for Sciatica 10 oct 17


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Homeopathy Treatment for Sciatica
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Description
  • About 90 of the time sciatica is due to a spinal
    disc herniation pressing on one of the lumbar or
    sacral nerve roots. Other problems that may
    result in sciatica include spondylolisthesis,
    spinal stenosis, piriformis syndrome, pelvic
    tumors, and compression by a baby's head during
    pregnancy.
  • aAbout 90 of the time sciatica is due to a
    spinal disc herniation pressing on one of the
    lumbar or sacral nerve roots. Other problems
    that may result in sciatica include
    spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, piriformis
    syndrome, pelvic tumors, and compression by a
    baby's head during pregnancy.
  • The straight-leg-raising test is often helpful in
    diagnosis. The test is positive if, when the leg
    is raised while a person is lying on their back,
    pain shoots below the knee. In most cases medical
    imaging is not needed. Exceptions to this are
    when bowel or bladder function is affected, there
    is significant loss of feeling or weakness,
    symptoms are long standing, or there is a concern
    of a tumor or infection

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  • Treatment initially is typically with pain
    medications. It is generally recommended that
    people continue with activities to the best of
    their abilities. Often all that is required is
    time in about 90 of people the problem goes
    away in less than six weeks. If the pain is
    severe and lasts for more than six weeks then
    surgery may be an option. While surgery often
    speeds pain improvement, long term benefits are
    unclear.
  • Surgery may be required if complications occur
    such as bowel or bladder problems. Many
    treatments, including steroids, gabapentin,
    acupuncture, heat or ice, and spinal
    manipulation, have poor evidence for their use.
  • Depending on how it is defined, 2 to 40 of
    people have sciatica at some point in time. It is
    most common during people's 40s and 50s, and men
    are more frequently affected than women. The
    condition has been known since ancient times. The
    first known use of the word sciatica dates from
    1451

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Spinal disc herniation
  • Spinal disc herniation pressing on one of the
    lumbar or sacral nerve roots is the most frequent
    cause of sciatica, being present in about 90 of
    cases.
  • Sciatica caused by pressure from a disc
    herniation and swelling of surrounding tissue can
    spontaneously subside if the tear in the disc
    heals and the pulposus extrusion and inflammation
    cease.
  • Other compressive spinal causes include lumbar
    spinal stenosis, a condition in which the spinal
    canal (the spaces the spinal cord runs through)
    narrows and compresses the spinal cord, cauda
    equina, or sciatic nerve roots. This narrowing
    can be caused by bone spurs, spondylolisthesis,
    inflammation, or a herniated disc, which
    decreases available space for the spinal cord,
    thus pinching and irritating nerves from the
    spinal cord that travel to the sciatic nerves.

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