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How is a circulatory disorder diagnosed? | Circulatory disorders of the hands

How is a circulatory disorder diagnosed? In order to diagnose a circulatory disorder of the hands, it is first of all important to take a medical history (anamnesis). Raynaud’s syndrome can usually be recognized by the typical description of the symptoms. On arteriosclerotic circulatory disorders indicate concomitant diseases, such as After the anamnesis follows the … How is a circulatory disorder diagnosed? | Circulatory disorders of the hands

Associated symptoms | Numbness of the head or scalp

Associated symptoms A numbness of the head is in most cases only temporary and therefore harmless. However, it can also be a sign of a threatening disease. This depends mainly on the accompanying symptoms. Alarm signs are feelings of numbness that occur together with speech or visual disturbances or those that spread out on a … Associated symptoms | Numbness of the head or scalp

Duration of numbness | Numbness of the head or scalp

Duration of numbness How long a numbness of the head lasts and if it is not even permanent depends on its cause. In most cases, feelings of numbness of the head are only temporary and of short duration. Very often they disappear completely again, since often harmless causes are behind it. However, if a stroke … Duration of numbness | Numbness of the head or scalp

Numbness of the head or scalp

Definition A numbness on the head or scalp is a sensory disorder in this area. The medical term for this clinical picture is hypaesthesia. The feeling in the corresponding skin areas is reduced. Sometimes an unpleasant tingling sensation also occurs. It is comparable to the sensitivity disorder after an injection at the dentist. Often the … Numbness of the head or scalp

Spinal canal stenosis in the lumbar spine

Introduction Spinal canal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal. The spinal canal is formed by the individual vertebral bodies and surrounds the spinal cord. If constrictions occur in this canal, the spinal cord and the nerve fibers running in it suffer. The consequences range from pain to paralysis and paresthesia. In the course … Spinal canal stenosis in the lumbar spine

Causes | Spinal canal stenosis in the lumbar spine

Causes A spinal canal stenosis is not a sudden event in the spine. On the contrary, it develops after a creeping process that usually goes unnoticed and undetected for years. It is a slow, wear-related, degenerative remodelling of the bony structure of the spine. Not all degenerative changes in the spine cause complaints; on the … Causes | Spinal canal stenosis in the lumbar spine

Symptoms | Spinal canal stenosis in the lumbar spine

Symptoms The main symptom of spinal stenosis of the lumbar spine is stress-related low back pain. Since spinal canal stenosis mainly occurs in the lumbar spine, this is also where the pain is most often located. The pain does not develop suddenly from one day to the next, but is much more the expression of … Symptoms | Spinal canal stenosis in the lumbar spine

Therapy | Spinal canal stenosis in the lumbar spine

Therapy Both surgical and conservative, i.e. non-surgical treatment options are used to treat spinal canal stenoses of the lumbar spine. There are various approaches to the conservative treatment of spinal canal stenosis of the lumbar spine, which will be summarized here in brief In most cases, the focus is on a versatile approach. Before a … Therapy | Spinal canal stenosis in the lumbar spine

Classification by degree of disability (GdB) | Spinal canal stenosis in the lumbar spine

Classification by degree of disability (GdB) The GdB is the “degree of disability”. This term is part of the law on severely disabled persons and represents a unit of measurement for the extent of the disability. In the case of spinal column damage, which also includes spinal canal stenosis of the lumbar spine, the degree … Classification by degree of disability (GdB) | Spinal canal stenosis in the lumbar spine

Intervertebral disc protrusion of the lumbar spine

In order to understand what a disc protrusion of the lumbar spine (lumbar spine) is and why it causes which symptoms, one should briefly consider how the spine is structured. In our body, our spinal column forms the skeleton’s basic structure and consists of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine (lumbar spine). It also protects … Intervertebral disc protrusion of the lumbar spine

Symptoms of a disc protrusion of the lumbar spine | Intervertebral disc protrusion of the lumbar spine

Symptoms of a disc protrusion of the lumbar spine First of all, it must be said that there are a considerable number of cases that cause no or only very moderate symptoms. Here the extent of the protrusion is too small or a slow progression preceded to which the nerves involved could adapt. However, there … Symptoms of a disc protrusion of the lumbar spine | Intervertebral disc protrusion of the lumbar spine

Therapy | Intervertebral disc protrusion of the lumbar spine

Therapy The freedom from pain or pain relief is so important because then strengthening exercises and physiotherapy can be started. A strong back musculature in the lumbar spine and the correction of incorrect posture, e.g. in a so-called back school, are the keys to healing a disc protrusion of the lumbar spine. In addition, massages … Therapy | Intervertebral disc protrusion of the lumbar spine