What does sciatic nerve ache symptom have

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Recently, when I was exercising with my friends, I had some problems with my body. After running, I had severe pain in the back of my thighs and calves. I couldn't recover for a long time, and vigorous exercise also became a problem. My friend said that it would be a symptom of sciatica. I was very worried. Now let's talk about the symptoms of sciatic nerve pain.

What does sciatic nerve ache symptom have

First: general symptoms. Pain is mainly limited to the sciatic nerve distribution area, the back of the thigh, the posterolateral side of the leg and the foot. Patients with severe pain can present a unique posture: waist flexion, knee flexion and toe landing. If the lesion is located in the nerve root, the pain will be aggravated when the pressure in the spinal canal increases (cough, exertion).

Second, the degree of muscle weakness may vary greatly according to the cause of disease, the location of lesion and the degree of damage. There may be complete or partial weakness or paralysis of sciatic innervated muscles. There may or may not be tenderness of the sciatic nerve trunk at the sciatic notch.

Third, there are sciatic nerve stretch sign, Lasegue sign and its allele sign. The existence of this sign is often parallel to the severity of pain. The sign of sciatic nerve root or nerve trunk disappeared under local anesthesia. Achilles tendon reflex decreased or disappeared, and knee reflex increased due to stimulation.

matters needing attention

Sciatic nerve pain can be large or small, some patients because the beginning of the situation is not serious, do not pay attention to, but caused serious consequences. To keep in mind the symptoms of sciatic nerve pain, once there is a similar situation, to go to the hospital immediately, so as not to delay the disease.