Slipped Disk : Complications
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Complications could include:
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Chronic back pain
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Long-term back pain; Loss of movement or sensation in the legs or feet; Loss of bowel and bladder function; Permanent spinal cord injury (very rare.
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Disk herniation is a rupture of fibrocartilagenous material (annulus fibrosis) that surrounds the intervertebral disk. This rupture involves the release of the disk's center portion containing a gelatinous substance called the nucleus pulposus. Pr...
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Intervertebral discs are circular ring-like flat structures that function as cushions between two spinal vertebrae, allowing spinal flexibility and acting as shock absorbers. Each intervertebral disc contains a nucleus (center) surrounded by a sac...
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Disk herniation is a rupture of fibrocartilagenous material (annulus fibrosis) that surrounds the intervertebral disk. This rupture involves the release of the disk's center portion containing a gelatinous substance called the nucleus pulposus. Pr...
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Impaired sensation is often a signal that there something affecting a nerve or the nervous
system. Changes in sensations are often subjective and difficult to describe, that is,
experienced by the patient but difficult for the provider to diagnose and treat.
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Uncontrollable movements are slow, twisting, continuous, and involuntary movements of the arms, legs, face, neck, or other parts of the body.
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Spinal cord trauma is damage to the spinal cord. It may result from direct injury to the cord itself or indirectly from damage to surrounding bones, soft tissues, and blood vessels.
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Spinal cord injury is damage to the spinal cord that causes loss of sensation and motor control. Approximately 10,000 new spinal cord injuries (SCIs) occur each year in the United States.
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Neurogenic bladder is a dysfunction that results from interference with the normal nerve pathways associated with urination. Normal bladder function is dependent on the nerves that sense the fullness of the bladder (sensory nerves) and on those that trigger the muscle movements that either empty it or retain urine (motor nerves).
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Bowel incontinence is the loss of bowel control, resulting in involuntary passage of stool. This can range from an occasional leakage of stool with the passage of gas, to a complete loss of control of bowel movements. Urinary incontinence, a separate topic, is the inability to control the passage of urine.
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