Is Spinal degeneration the same as spinal stenosis?

They can be the contributors to the stenosis.

It is horrible. Your back never stops hurting and it causes your knees and ankles to hurt also. Answer Pain, numbness, weakness or tingling in the arms/hands and the legs may indicate cervical spinal stenosis. Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis experience the same symptoms but limited to the lower back, legs, and feet.

Symptoms of lumbar spinal Stenosis include numbness, weakness, cramping, or pain in the legs, feet, or buttock; stiffness in legs and thighs; low back pain. In severe cases, loss of bladder and bowel control. Answer Pain, numbness, weakness or tingling in the arms/hands and the legs may indicate cervical spinal stenosis. Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis experience the same symptoms but limited to the lower back, legs, and feet.

L3-L4 refers to the location of the spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal). The problem is found between the third and fourth vertebrae. Grossly unchanged means it appears the same to the naked eye (albeit on imaging studies) as the last time they looked.

Spinal stenosis is usually associated with aging, but anyone can have the often painful back problem. Spinal stenosis is a condition where the spaces in the spine become narrow. This narrowing puts pressure on the spinal cord and spinal nerves. Spinal stenosis usually occurs in the lower part of the back called the lumbar spine. Pain that runs down the leg is associated with the condition. Causes of Spinal Stenosis There are several reasons that a person might have spinal stenosis. Age spinal spaces become narrow with age due to the thickening of ligaments, development of small growths on the bones, deterioration of cushioning disks or the breakdown of facet joints. These are all age-related conditions. Arthritis both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis Spinal Instability slipping vertebra can result in the spinal canal becoming narrow Tumors abnormal growths on the spine can cause inflammation and spinal column collapse Trauma accidents or injuries Heredity usually the cause of stenosis in younger people Treatment of Spinal Stenosis Spinal stenosis can cause pain because of the pressure the narrowing of the spine puts on the spinal cord and nerves. There are ways to help manage the pain. Change in posture many people find that leaning forward when walking will help keep the pressure off the spine. Another exercise is to lie flat on the back and bring the knees up to the chest. Flexing the spine eases pressure and can bring relief when the condition gets painful. Activity it is better to keep the body moving and in good physical condition. Aerobic exercise is recommended, and bicycling is a good exercise for stenosis. The exercise should be followed by resting the back area, and it is important to not engage in activities that will further strain the back, such as jumping up and down. Medication nonsteroidal and anti-inflammatory medications can relieve the pain. If the pain gets debilitating, surgery is often recommended. More room is created in the spinal canal with laminectomy surgery, or the vertebrae can be fused together to stabilize spinal strength. In some cases surgery will alleviate the problem, but it other cases the pain either stays the same or gets worse.

The spinal column refers to the bones (vertebrae) that enclose and protect the spinal cord.

No, the spine is not the same thing as the spinal cord. The spinal cord is inside the spine. The spinal cord helps send messages to and from your brain to the rest of your body. The spine is the complete spinal cord and vertebrae.

spinal just refers to where the virus is

the backbone protects the spinal cord

The most common symptom of spinal stenosis are: leg pain, lower back pain, leg numbness and tingling, limitations in walking. One can have one , all or some of these symptoms at the same time.

Spinal cord has got the same function in all the vertebrate animals.

To diagnose spinal meningitis, a sample of cerebral spinal fluid is taken from the lower region of the spinal cord with a hollow needle and is sent to the lab for testing. This is the same test for all meningitis.

It is to protect the spinal cord. For example if you sat down your spinal cord would be injured if it was the same length.

A sample of cerebral spinal fluid is taken from the lower region of the spinal cord with a hollow needle and is sent to the labs for testing. This is the same test for all meningitis.

A spinal injury means the same thing as an injury to the spine, which you could call a spine injury.

Some of the most common symptoms of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis (LSS) is pain in your lower lumbar region, the lower back, and you could also have pain, weakness, numbness, and loss of sensation in your legs. But these symptoms are the same for other diseases an disorders as well.

The spinal cord runs downwards through a cavity within the backbone. The backbone is actually made up of 25 separate vertebrae, joined together by intervertebral discs. The spinal cord relays messages to and from the brain, where as the backbone supports the body, and acts to protect the spinal cord.

in a sense, they have the equivalent but its not exactly the same.

A contralateral response is when a stimulus is sensed on one side of the spinal column, but the response and effectors of that stimulus occur on the opposite side of the spinal column. This is opposed to an ipsilateral response in which the stimulus and response are both on the same side of the spinal column

Gray matter and white matter are essentially the same in the brain and spinal cord. The gray matter is the part of the brain and spinal cord that initiate the firing of neurons and the white matter is basically the mode of transportation for the signal.

They are both made from atoms.

Yes, I think so, because I know that they are vertebrates, which means they have a backbone. A backbone is (i think) the same thing as a spinal cord, on the basic line.

What a fascinating question. The answer is that there really is not part of the brain that connects with the spinal cord. The brain and the spinal cord are really the same thing only in different locations. They are both made of the same tissue, only arranged differently. The brain has more gray matter to do more processing, and the spinal cord has more white matter to transmit information quickly. In essence, they both have cognitive abilities because they both contain interneurons. Wow! Imagine that! Your spinal cord can think!

Assuming the patient is still alive; treat the same as you would any spinal injury, Assess ABCs, high flow oxygen, and spinal immobilization.

It's the same. Two terms used for one procedure. Or we may say that lumbar puncture is a spinal tap that is done in lumbar area, while spinal tap can also be performed right below the occipital bone (called suboccipital puncture). All in all it's a procedure to obtain the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord.