Symptomatic herniated discs resolve spontaneously in 60-70% of cases in two months to a year, so you should generally not rush for removal surgery. This was told to socialbites.ca by an employee of the First Moscow State Medical University. TO THEM. Sechenov Alexey Isaikin.
“There are no signs by which you can predict whether a hernia will resorb. Symptomatic hernias resolve over time in 60-70% of cases. Asymptomatic hernias regress in a maximum of 18% of cases. On average, an acute hernia takes two weeks to resorb,” Isaikin told socialbites.ca. from a month to a year,” he said.
Some hernias may not occur at all and usually do not need to be removed. But sometimes they compress the spinal roots, and symptoms of radiculopathy appear: numbness in the fingers, back pain, a feeling of “lumbago” and others.
“Not only mechanical compression of nerve roots, but also inflammation plays a role in the formation of radiculopathy. This is the most important factor in discogenic pain. Therefore, the neurological radicular symptoms disappear after three to six weeks, and the hernia begins to shrink after two months. In this regard, it is often reasonable not to remove the hernia immediately, but to wait for a while and limit yourself to conservative treatment. The exception is the presence of urination disorders, increased paresis (weakening) and numbness in the anogenital region, ”the neurologist concluded.
Previously, at Moscow State Medical University. Sechenov created A painless method of treating hemorrhoids using electricity in an argon current.