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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