Slipped Disk : Complications

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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.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 12, 2008
Only 5–10% of patients with unrelenting sciatica and neurological involvement, leading to chronic pain of the lumbar spine, need to have a surgical procedure performed. This strongly suggests that many patients with herniated disks at the lu...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
The vast majority of people (more than 90%) treated for herniated disc experience improvement with pain and mobility. About 5% of people who have experienced a herniated disc will eventually have recurring pain, and another 5% will experience a he...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Only 5–10% of patients with unrelenting sciatica and neurological involvement, leading to chronic pain of the lumbar spine, need to have a surgical procedure performed. This strongly suggests that many patients with herniated disks at the lu...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
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.
Source:HealthLine
Date:October 31, 2007
Uncontrollable movements are slow, twisting, continuous, and involuntary movements of the arms, legs, face, neck, or other parts of the body.
Source:ADAM
Date:March 5, 2007
Spinal cord trauma is damage to the spinal cord that results from direct injury to the cord itself, or from indirect injury from damage to the bones, soft tissues, and blood vessels surrounding the spinal cord.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 14, 2006
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Bowel incontinence is the loss of bowel control, resulting in involuntary passage of feces. 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.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 18, 2006
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