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Slipped Disk Learning Center
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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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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 lumbar l...
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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 lumbar l...
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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...
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Neurogenic bladder is a dysfunction that results from interference with the normal nerve pathways associated with urination.
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Bowel incontinence is the loss of bowel control, leading to an involuntary passage of stool. This can range from occasionally leaking a small amount of stool and passing gas, to completely losing control of bowel movements. Urinary incontinence, a...
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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. See also: Tardive dyskinesia
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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, tissues, or blood vessels.
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Spinal cord injury is damage to the spinal cord that causes loss of sensation and motor control.
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