What causes a hernia? What are the symptoms of hernia? INCA Clinical Neurosurgery Specialist Op.Dr. We learned from Kerem Bıkmaz. If you have pain in the neck and arm, especially if these pains increase in situations such as coughing, sneezing, straining, if you have limited range of motion in your arm, if you have numbness in the arms, be careful!
Beware of neck hernia!
It is possible to have neck hernia and lumbar hernia, which are very common in our society… Neck hernia is associated with pain and stiffness caused by the slippage of the fluid in the middle of the seven discs that make up the skeletal structure in our neck, and the deterioration of muscle and border system function in the sliding area. It is an emerging disease.
Herniated disc occurs as follows: The spine is made of a series of bones called “vertebrae” and connected to each other. The disc is a combination of strong connective tissues that connects one vertebra to another and acts as a cushion in the middle of the vertebrae. The disc consists of a hard outer layer called the “annulus fibrosus” and a gel-like core called the “nucleus pulposus”. As you age, the center of the disc may begin to lose its water content and the disc becomes less effective as a cushion. This can cause the center of the disc to protrude through a crack in the outer layer, displacing it (called a herniated or ruptured disc). Most disc herniations occur in the lower two discs of the lumbar spine, which fall at or quickly below the waist.
Can cause leg weakness
A herniated disc can press on the boundaries of the spine and cause pain, numbness, tingling, or leg weakness called “sciatica.”
Cautions!
The possibility of neck hernia formation is very high, especially in cases where the neck goes forward and backward in sudden brakes, traffic accidents.
. Other actions to be taken into account: talking with the mobile phone stuck to the neck for a long time, looking at the screen for a long time by raising or lowering the neck. It is one of the conditions that people should pay attention to not lifting heavy loads or not making any opposite movements, so that they do not have neck hernia or lumbar hernia.
