The Egyptian Society for Blood Transfusion Services
A herniated disc in the vertebrae in the lower back causes many symptoms that differ in severity and danger according to the case, and based on several other factors. The most important symptoms of a herniated disc in the leg or lower back are as follows:
▪︎ Severe pain in the leg, the patient may feel severe pain in the leg when a herniated disc occurs in the lower back spine (in English: Lumbar Herniated Disc), and this slip is called sciatica (in English: Sciatica) when it affects the sciatic nerve and causes pain in the leg from behind.
Also, one of the things that may distinguish pain in the leg is that
It is a nerve pain when the disc presses on one of the nerves in that area, and it is characterized at that time by being a sharp pain that resembles electricity, and the patient may then feel burning, numbness, and tingling.
This pain may also spread to some neighboring areas, for example, the patient may feel pain in the leg or foot, or numbness in them, and this pain may increase with movement, or walking even if a short distance, or standing, and it often appears in one side of the body, The injured person feels it in the left foot only, for example, and the pain may also get worse when any sudden shock or shock occurs, even if it is simple, such as sneezing or laughing, for example.