Lumbar Hernia: (66%)
It is the herniation of the structure called disc, located between the lumbar vertebrae, and pressing on the nerve roots that go to the hip and leg. If the patient’s complaints persist despite rest and muscle relaxants in the treatment, physical therapy should be applied. If the patient’s pain continues despite physical therapy, or if there is a loss of strength that cannot be regressed, thinning of the leg, excruciating pain, or if a piece of the disc is found to be ruptured in tomography or MR films, the solution is surgical intervention. mechanical pressure on the nerves coming from the spinal cord must be removed surgically. If surgical intervention is not performed and pressure on the nerve continues, the patient may develop problems such as urinary incontinence, loss of sexual power, and paralysis of the feet. Unfortunately, there are beliefs among the public that if I have an operation, I will be disabled, I will not be able to get out of bed for a long time, I will have to wear a corset, or my hernia will recur, I will have surgery again. However, thanks to Microsurgery, such fears are no longer needed.
Spinal Cord Canal Narrowing: (10%)
Canal stenosis, called lumbar spinal stenosis in medicine, is the occurrence of compression on the spinal cord due to calcification of the bone and connective tissue surrounding the spinal cord. As a result of this pressure, symptoms such as pain, burning, tingling and difficulty in walking appear in both legs. Even if the person tries to walk a short distance, he often feels the need to stop and rest. Bend your body forward while sitting, but this is how you relax. If the disease progresses, numbness and burning in the legs wakes the patient at night, when he wakes up, he feels like a log and does not know where to put his legs. Another symptom that indicates the progression of the disease is frequent cramps in the legs. In the most advanced stage, sexual power is lost and the patient starts to leak urine. Physical therapy, swimming and exercises are recommended to the patient only in the period when numbness or burning occurs. If this stenosis is severe, that is, if the patient needs to rest frequently while walking or wakes up at night due to drowsiness, surgery is absolutely necessary.
Brain Bleeding, Vascular Occlusion: (2%)
Symptoms of this ailment, also called paralysis among the people:
Weakness on one side of the body. It can take all kinds of forms, from paralysis. Like other symptoms, this is sometimes temporary and lasts for a few minutes, hours, or even a few days and then disappears. For this reason, people do not dwell on the event and neglect it. They think that this weakness in the body may be due to sleeping in an awkward position on the bed, Numbness or numbness in a part of the body, such as numbness of the foot, Seeing things double, Stumbling while standing on the feet, Sometimes it may be accompanied by a feeling of nausea, Complete or partial loss of sight of the eye, Speaking or speaking. Difficulty understanding, Severe and unexplained headache. This pain is not like a headache from tension or migraine. The pain comes suddenly and thunderously, quite severe and worse than any other headache. Do not ignore when you see such symptoms in yourself and your family members. Symptoms may indicate that a stroke may come at any time. It is best to go to either the doctor or the emergency department of a hospital right away. Stroke can be prevented or its effects mitigated with on-site intervention.
Brain or Spinal Cord Tumors: (1%)
All the above-mentioned symptoms are also seen in tumors.
Infections involving the Brain or Spinal Cord: (1%)
High fever, increased leukocyte count and sedimentation rate are added to the symptoms of paralysis.
Diabetes: (5%)
Diabetes is a chronic disease that manifests itself with very high blood sugar. It is one of the most common diseases in the world. It occurs when the body cannot convert glucose into energy. The conversion of glucose into energy occurs with the help of the hormone insulin secreted from the pancreas. If insulin secretion from the pancreas is reduced or lost, glucose rises uncontrollably in the blood, leading to diabetes.
Restless Legs Syndrome: (2%)
People with restless legs syndrome often complain of uncomfortable sensations in their legs that they notice but cannot fully describe when they go to bed and stay still. These sensations are described by people in many different ways, such as “my calves hurt”, “something is stinging deep in my legs”, “on fire”, “numbing”, “bugs are walking with my legs”, “small knives are stabbing”. The common feature of these feelings is that they appear at rest and disappear with movement. For this reason, these feelings occur not only while lying down, but also during the day, especially when being inactive for a long time (while watching TV, movies, traveling), and the person needs to move their legs. Restless legs syndrome is a hereditary condition. It occurs with an unknown cause in 95% of the cases, and in 5% of cases, it can occur due to iron deficiency, diabetes, uremia, vitamin B12 deficiency, calcium or magnesium deficiency, herniated disc, leg varicose veins.
Cancer Metastases: (1%)
Lung cancer, when spread to distant organs, may cause: Bone pain, Neurological symptoms (numbness of a leg or arm, dizziness, blackout), Jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes). Leg Fractures: (1%) If the nerves are pinched between the broken bones, numbness is felt.
Vitamin Deficiencies: (3%)
It is known that numbness in the legs, especially in the evening, is caused by iron and folic acid deficiency.
Hematological Diseases: (1%)
It is especially seen in myelodysplastic syndrome. In myelodysplastic syndrome, besides the failure of maturation of the blood cells made in the bone marrow, there is a development different from the normal cells in the blood cells in the bone marrow. Patients with MDS have a decrease in blood cells (anemia) and poor quality of blood cells as a result of reduced blood production.
Freezing: (1%)
The most important symptom in frostbite is numbness and tingling of the tips of the fingers and toes. Immediately loosen the shoelaces, tap your feet with hard blows, and knock your hands together to relieve the numbness. In such a case, do not bring your numb area close to the excessive heat source. The next most dangerous symptom after numbness is organs that no longer respond to pinching or hard-tipped blows that have become numb. In such a case, the frozen part should be wrapped with a blanket, and the hands should be tucked into the seat horses if possible. In large frosts, the frozen area should be rubbed with water heated to 37 degrees. However, if the tissue thawed in this way encounters the danger of freezing again, there will be great cell losses in the frozen region and the organ may become gangrene. Therefore, this process should not be done in open land.
Multiple Sclerosis: (1%)
MS, one of the most important diseases of neurology and its incidence has increased in recent years, is an insidious disease, as doctors say. Unfortunately, there is no definitive treatment for MS disease, which is mostly seen in adults aged 15-40 and shows some symptoms such as dizziness, numbness and weakness in the legs.
Other: (1%)
