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Sciatica Arq Annisa عرق النساء


Any condition characterised by pain along the course of the sciatic nerve (which runs down the lower back and outer side of the thigh, leg and foot) radiating across the back of the pelvis through the buttocks and into the leg; usually a neuritis and generally caused by mechanical compression or irritation of the fifth lumbar spinal root.

Persons most commonly affected:

Adults of both genders aged under 60.

Organ or part of body involved:

Sciatic nerve, affecting leg and foot.

Symptoms and indications:

In addition to the pain the foot or parts of the leg may become numb or very weak. Also, one or more muscles of the foot or the leg may undergo temporary paralysis in the course of an attack.

Causes and risk factors:

May be inadvertent stressing of the back, due to an awkward movement. However, the commonest cause of sciatica is a prolapsed inter vertebral disc pressing on the nerve root, but it may also be due to ankylosing spondylitis or some other condition e.g. spinal tumour.



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