Effects of Back Pain.
Back Pain effects , particularly Lower Back Pain effects, can give rise to complications, which can be crippling. Surgery for Back Pain becomes necessary as a last resort. It is therefore necessary to take proper care to arrest the “ Back Pain Causes”. The Complications of Back Pain are explained below.
Effects of Back Pain.
Side effects of back pain are due to the pathological changes that take place in the anatomy of the back bone.
- Weakness and subsequent paralysis of the lower Limbs.
- Cauda Equina Syndrome: Cauda Equina is the name given to the group of nerves in the spinal canal, emanating from the spinal cord at the level L1 and S1. This mass of nerves give the impression of a horse tail, and hence the name. Cauda Equina Syndrome is due to the compression of the Cauda Equina by
- Prolapsed Inter vertebral Disc. (PID)
- Pressure from a collapsed vertebra.
- Spinal Stenosis.
- Space occupying Lesion (SOL) such as a Tumor or an abscess.
What Happens in Cauda Equina Syndrome:
- There is sensory loss { Loss of sensation) and/or motor loss ( inability to move) in one or both the lower limbs.
- Urinary and Bowel incontinence. (loss of control).
- Sexual dysfunction.
This diagram shows the cauda equina.
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