What is sciatica?
Sciatica is nerve pain that develops due to injury or irritation of the sciatic nerve.
Sciatica is caused by irritation, inflammation, compression or compression.
Usually, there is no serious pathology and is subject to self-healing. In acute clinical cases, it is necessary to assess the patient's condition by a doctor; In case of severe sciatica, surgical intervention becomes necessary.
The sciatic nerve is the longest and thickest nerve in the body.
There are two types of sciatica:
- True sciatica (any injury or disease that directly affects the sciatic nerve);
- Pathology similar to sciatica (we are talking about diseases that are symptomatically very similar to sciatica).
Sciatica is a common condition. It is worth noting that the diagnosis is rare in people under the age of 20.
The following symptoms are characteristic:
- Pain;
- Spontaneously developed sensations;
- Numbness;
- Tingling sensation;
- Muscle weakness;
- Urinary incontinence;
- Faecal incontinence.
Diseases causing sciatica are:
- Intervertebral disc herniation;
- Degenerative disc disease;
- Spinal stenosis;
- Spondylolisthesis;
- Osteoarthritis;
- Trauma;
- Tumor;
- Cyst and others.
Source:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/12792-sciatica
