What is the difference to a chewing syndrome? | Riding breeches anaesthesia

What is the difference to a chewing syndrome?

Riding breeches anaesthesia is a sensory disorder or numbness in the area of the genitals, the region around the buttocks and the inner sides of the thighs. In the case of a cauda syndrome, there is usually a jodhpurs anaesthesia, but cauda syndrome also has other symptoms. For example, there is severe back pain radiating into the legs (radicular symptoms).

In addition, there are motor disorders of the muscles in the legs (e.g. weakness of dorsiflexion of the foot). The autonomic nervous system is also affected, and patients complain of urinary and fecal incontinence and impotence.