Lumbar disc herniation and sciatica

For patients with lumbar disc herniation, it is easy to cause nerve root compression and cause symptoms of sciatic nerve pain, but this pain is often accompanied by lumbar pain, and the pain of the buttocks and legs is mainly caused by pain and numbness in the buttocks, posterior lateral thighs, lateral legs and back of the feet. Sciatica is usually not accompanied by symptoms of lumbar pain, and after showing obvious compression of the sciatic nerve, it will cause pain and numbness in the back of the thigh and the whole leg and foot. Therefore, there is a fundamental difference between lumbar disc herniation and sciatica. Therefore, in cases where patients show radiation pain in the buttocks and legs, it is necessary to distinguish between lumbar disc herniation and sciatic nerve compression.