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Disks are the "shock absorbers" between the bones of the spine [veterbra].
They are shaped essentially like a hocky puck and are filled with a thick material.
If the disk becomes worn out in an area it will bulge out, like a bubble. If the bubble [herniated area] bulges against a nerve about to leave the spine you'll get a lot of burning pain along where the nerve runs [like down the back of the leg with sciatica].
Roughly 70% of the herniated disks heal themselves within a few short weeks and scar in place, rarely to bother you again.
Those that don't heal, eventually MAY require surgery...
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Current research has suggested that a bulging disk does not necessarily cause pain by compressing nerves, but more likely by sensitizing nerves through local inflammation factors released by damaged cells and cells of the immune system (cytokines). Thus, over time as the inflammation goes down the pain will also go away. Usually, even after the pain is gone the disk bulge or herniation will remain, sometimes contacting nerves or even the spinal cord. It has been suggested that as many as 30% of the population has one or more asymptomatic (non-painful) disk bulges (1-4). It is likely a normal part of aging, so unless it is causing you pain, don't panic :)
1) Saal, Joel S.; Franson, Richard C.; Dobrow, Robert; Saal, Jeffrey A.; White, Arthur H.; Goldthwaite, Noel. High Levels of Inflammatory Phospholipase A2 Activity in Lumbar Disc Herniations. Spine. 1990; Volume 15 - Issue 7
2) Jensen MC, Brant-Zawadzki MN, Obuchowski N, Modic MT, Malkasian D, Ross JS. Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine in people without Back pain. N Engl J Med 1994;331:69 --73.
3) Boden SD, Davis DO, Dina TS, Patronas NJ, Wiesel SW. Abnormal magnetic-resonance scans of the lumbar spine in asymptomatic subjects. A prospective investigation. J Bone Joint Surg 1990;72:403-- 8.
4) Jarvik JJ, Hollingworth W, Heagerty P, Haynor DR, Deyo RA. The longitudinal assessment of Imaging and disability of the back (LAIDBack) Study: baseline data. Spine 2001;26:1158--66.
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∙ 13y agobreakdown of a fibrous cartilage material (annulus fibrosus) that makes up the intervertebral disk. The annulus fibrosus surrounds a soft gel-like substance in the center of the disk called the nucleus pulposus. Pressure from the
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How do you use herniated in a sentence?
Herniated-Verb: I herniated myself when I was lifting items I was too weak to lift. Herniated Disk-Adjective: I had to get surgery on my herniated Disk. Hernia-Noun: I had a hernia.
What other terms are used for disk herniation?
also commonly called a herniated nucleus pulposus, prolapsed disk, ruptured disk, or
What is intervertebral Disc Displacement Lumbar?
An intervertebral disk in which the nucleus pulposus has protruded through surrounding fibrocartilage. This occurs most frequently in the lower lumbar region. Alternative terms: Intervertebral Disk Displacement; Disk Displacement, Intervertebral; Disk Displacements, Intervertebral; Displacement, Intervertebral Disk; Displacements, Intervertebral Disk; Intervertebral Disk Displacements; Intervertebral Disc Displacement; Disc Displacement, Intervertebral; Disc Displacements, Intervertebral; Displacement, Intervertebral Disc; Displacements, Intervertebral Disc; Intervertebral Disc Displacements; Disk, Herniated; Disks, Herniated; Herniated Disk; Herniated Disks; Slipped Disk; Disk, Slipped; Disks, Slipped; Slipped Disks; Disk Prolapse; Disk Prolapses; Prolapse, Disk; Prolapses, Disk; Prolapsed Disk; Disk, Prolapsed; Disks, Prolapsed; Prolapsed Disks; Herniated Disc; Disc, Herniated; Discs, Herniated; Herniated Discs; Lumbar is referring to the lower back L1-L5
What causes deformity of the posterior border of the disk?
Herniated disk
How can a young person get a herniated disk?
You can get a herniated disk any time at any age from an injury. It is extremely painful and needs to be treated.
How much money can you get from a car accident and if you have herniated discs on the lower back and herniated disk on the neck?
$10
Is randy orton injured?
yes he has a herniated disk
Can you have a another herniated disc after surgery?
Yes, sometimes the surgery doent work for the disk it was meant to treat, and it is also possible to herniated another disk that wasnt treated.
Can herniated disk cause loss of gas control?
It depends upon which disk is herniated and what nerves it is impinging and for how long. Usually loss of bladder control would be more common, and again there are many factors including which disk, where it is herniated, is it impinging a nerve root or the spinal cord itself.
What is it called when the central part of an intervertebral disk is forced through the outer covering?
herniated disk
What is HNP?
Herniated Nucleus Pulposus (HNP) - medical terminology for the following: Lumbar radiculopathy; Cervical radiculopathy; Herniated intervertebral disk; Prolapsed intervertebral disk; Slipped disk; Ruptured disk A herniated nucleus pulposus is a slipped disk along the spinal cord. The condition occurs when all or part of the soft center of a spinal disk is forced through a weakened part of the disk. definition comes from the Univ. of Maryland Medical Center web site.
Is randy orton really injured?
yes he has a herniated disk
