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Herniated Disc

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HERNIATED DISC

BY: TREVOR DIGGAN
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So What Is A Herniated Disc?

  • A spinal disc herniation occurs when a tear in the outer fibrous ring of an intervertebral disc in the spine, this allows the soft central portion to push out of the damaged outer ring. This is a problem because this inflames the spine causing serve pain and discomfort.

SIGNS/SYMPTONS

  • The signs/symptoms vary based on damage and location of injury. You could feel no to little pain if the disc was the only tissue hurt. Herniated discs aren't always found immediately. When more tissue than the disc is damaged like the center bulge that contains nerves you will feel pain immediately. You may experience things like paralysis, paresthesia, numbness, tingling, and muscle/reflex weakness.
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DIAGNOSES

  • A diagnosis is made when a thorough examination is made physically, on patients history, and their symptoms. Back problems could have occurred in the patients past and finally they disturbed the area of inflammation causing stress in the area, which would make the disc tear fibrous allowing the nerves to be punched in the central budge unprotected. X-rays are what commonly used to determine damage in the spine and how serve the injury was or could be.

CAUSES

  • By now my presentation has taught what happens when a disc gets herniated, but not what causes it to happen. Many things come into factor like degenerative disc disease, aging, carry or supporting heavy or strenuous loads, stiffness and carry things with wrong formation, traumatic contact/damage to the back, contact sports, and stress upon the vertebrae and discs on the spine.
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GENETICAL DISEASE

  • Genetics can be a pretty important factor when determining how someone has a herniated disc. Immediate family members like parents, kids, and siblings who are diagnosed with a herniated disc increase the chances making you 4 times more likely of having problems. The risk of having a herniated disc through time increases when a family member may have had a 2nd or 3rd degree diagnosis of a herniated disc. The higher the degree higher the chance of having a herniated through genes.

BONE AND CARTILAGE DAMAGE

  • Cartilage covers the spinal joints and is cushion as well as support. When a disc is herniated cartilage tears causing the bones to rub together.
  • Bone can be affected when cartilage and fibrous are torn because there is no longer support or cushion causing friction and severe pain due to the nerves being exposed and damaged.
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EFFECTS

  • Herniated discs tear the fibrous ring allow the nerves inside the discs exposed and that pinches nerves. This all could effect the motor skills neurologically through spinal chord damage, it effects feeling and may make your extremities numb over a certain period of time.
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TREATMENT

  • Surgery is always the last resort non-surgical treatments are always attempted first. Pain medications are usually prescribed so that the patient suffer with pain can exercise and heal the disc over time. Repairing a disc can be a long process depending on damage to the disc. Exercise like light lifting, aerobic exercise, stretching, yoga, and any other physical therapy. Surgery is usually a quicker and more effective way of curing a herniated disc. During surgery the disc is repaired or replaced.
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POST OP LIMITATIONS

  • After surgery has been taken place doctors or surgeons will tell you no bending, twisting, lifting, or driving for six weeks because the disc and its cover has low blood supply. Also the inner center of the disc extrusion is still healing in the hole and is still scarring over, which may take 3-4 months.