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The sensory nerves are those that send signals from both the muscles and the skin to the brain and spinal cord where it is processed, causing you to experience many sensations, including pain. There are many things that can cause nerve pain. Nerve pain and damage may often be mild, but even then it can still affect your life.
One particular type of nerve pain that millions of people experience is sciatica. Sciatica refers to a condition where the sciatic nerve, which starts in the lower back and travels through the buttocks into the leg, is pinched. The sciatic nerve is made up of multiple spinal nerves so that when it is pinched it can cause pain that extends from the buttocks all the way down the back of the leg. This type of nerve pain is usually caused by a herniated disc or a bone sput that presses on one of the roots of the sciatic nerve.
Symptoms of nerve pain caused by sciatica are:
•Lower Back pain
•Pain in the back of the thigh, lower leg or foot. This pain may often be worse than the back pain itself.
The pain can range from moderate to severe and will usually start in the buttocks. If the pain does not extend beyond the knee, the problem may not be true sciatica. For people who have sciatica for a long time, the pain eventually centers in the buttocks and the back of the leg and the actual back pain may diminish.
Treatment for the nerve pain caused by sciatica varies depending on the severity of the case. Many cases of sciatic nerve pain go away on their own over time. Fairly conservative treatments like rest and limiting activities that may aggravate the condition, combined with anti-inflammatory medication are usually the first treatment alternative. Strengthening and stretching exercises as well as supervised physical therapy work well to help sufferers return to their regular activities.
Surgery is usually the last option when all other more traditional treatments have failed. But there are now endoscopic surgical procedures that can repair a herniated disc and relieve the nerve pain. These replace the much more invasive open back surgeries and pain and discomfort are greately reduced along with recovery time.
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How is radicular pain?
Radicular pain is caused by irritation of a nerve root. Sciatica is an example of radicular pain.
What are the symptoms of sciatica pain?
Sciatica pain is caused by the irritation or compression of the sciatica nerve. Symptoms include general back pain, numbness, tingling, muscle weakness and loss of tendon reflexes.
What is sciatica?
Sciatica is a painful condition caused by inflammation of the sciatic nerve. Sciatica is considered a nerve disorder, in which unbearable pain runs down the outside of either leg from the hip to the ankle.
What is pain in iliac nerve like?
iliac nerve pain sciatica
What other disorders mirror sciatica?
Sciatica is caused by inflammation of a nerve, but a pinched nerve can result in the same symptoms.
Why does sciatica cause Terrible pain on the left side of my thigh?
Sciatica is caused by a nerve being trapped in your lower back. The nerve in your case is the sensory nerve which goes to your left thigh. Your brain is therfore getting pain signals that seem to come from your thigh even though the problem is further up the nerve. Go and see a Doctor for help.
What is the inflammation of the sciatic nerve that results in pain burning and tingling along the course of the affected nerve?
sciatica
What is a sharp piercing pain in the back thight and the extens down the leg?
It could be sciatica caused by pain in the sciatic nerve. The only help is pain killers and rest. Note - If it's persistent, see your GP.
How is sciatica a disability?
Sciatica pain may feel like a bad leg cramp that lasts for weeks or months before it goes away. You may have pain, especially when you sit, sneeze or cough. Discomfort ranges from mild to incapacitating, and may be accompanied by tingling, numbness or muscle weakness. Like the term slipped disc, sciatica pain is a term often misused to describe any pain in the leg that may originate in the lower back. True sciatica only involves pain caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve or its branches. Pain in the front of the thigh or groin, although possibly referred from the low back, is not sciatica. Sciatica is a set of symptoms not a diagnosis. This point is important, because treatment for sciatica pain will often vary, depending on what is irritating the nerve, causing the pain. You can read more on this topic in the related link below.
Is sciatica contagious?
Sciatica is a painful condition caused by inflammation of the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve runs through the buttocks (a nerve goes through each buttock, or butt cheek) and causes pain from that buttock down the back of the leg (thigh). It is absolutely NOT 'contagious'. It usually develops after a low back injury or strain.
What can cause back pain besides muscle tear or spasm?
Pinched nerve .Or sciatica, an inflammation of the sciatic nerve.
Which is more effective for sciatica Naproxen or baclofen?
Baclofen is not listed for nerve pain. Naproxen lists nerve pain relief as one of it's jobs.
