an introduction
God Almighty created the human body with infinite accuracy, with a very creative system, and made it from organs and vital organs that work day and night without tireless or boredom, but in the event of a defect even if it is simple in the work of any of them, this will cause the body many diseases And pains, in different parts of the body, and examples of problems causing the pain that may affect the human is the sciatica, what is the sciatica? What are the methods of treatment? This is what we will learn in this article.
Sciatica
Sciatica is a group of pains felt in the lower limbs of the body, so that the patient feels pain in the back area and in the areas of cotton behind the thigh and below the knee, has been said to be called sciatica because the pain is severe and forgets the injured and the like, and this problem affects men More than women.
The cause of the sciatica is a lumbar disc herniation, which makes it directly pressure on the nerve. It can be irritation or inflammation of the sciatic nerve, which is the nerve extending from the hip to the heel of the foot, and is the biggest nerve in the body or irritation in the nerves of bones Adjacent to the sciatic nerve. It can also be caused by narrowing the openings of the sciatic nerve, nerve or muscle tumors, internal bleeding or exposure to a particular trauma to the sciatic nerve. The cause may be irritation of the sciatic nerve during pregnancy Women, or bone bony protrusions Aging in elderly due to bone roughness.
Symptoms of sciatica
- Severe pain and burning in the lower limbs with loss of sensation sometimes with so-called numbness.
- Feeling pinched at the lower back and in the buttocks, so that it extends to the back area of the thigh, and the back of the leg.
- Feeling pain in the hip and lower back, but this pain is relieved after lying on the back.
- Difficulty walking and moving because of the intense pain that occurs when the nerve is pressed.
- The sciatica is usually diagnosed through the symptoms mentioned above. The doctor also takes care of the patient’s history, X-rays, MRI, and muscle layout.
- It should be noted that sciatica affects not only women but also affects both sexes.
Methods of treatment of sciatica
- Stay away from everything that causes fatigue, fatigue, and taking enough rest.
- Massage the pain area with a mixture of ginger, sesame oil, and lemon juice.
- Drinking lemon juice is to calm nerves in the body in general.
- Cool compresses, or bags packed with ice, can be used to relieve pain, so they can be placed on pain positions for twenty minutes.
- Hot compresses are used after cold compresses two days, and then alternating between cold and hot compresses.
- Use of analgesics, such as ibuprofen and naproxen.
- Take the anti-inflammatory to get rid of the inflammation, and drinking water constantly maintains the body’s moisture and the speed of healing of infections causing the disease.
- Take some types of muscle relaxant drugs, and can use topical anesthetic sprays to place the pain.
- In the absence of improvement and recovery of this disease is necessary for surgical intervention.