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Please explain what are some symptoms for a protruding disc?

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Dr. Andre Panagos answered

Specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Variable: It ranges from simple local back pain to severe weakness, numbness and tingling in the affected limb.

Answered 1/4/2014

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Dr. Qamar Khan answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Back and/or Leg Pain: Sciatica is pain in the distribution of the leg as a result of an irritated nerve or facet joints or other injury typically in the lumbar spine (low back) which are caused by herniated disks, spinal stenosis or degenerative disc disease, etc requiring further evaluation by a spine specialist and may be candidate for facet injections/radiofrequency ablation and epidural steroid injection.

Answered 6/30/2014

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