Tag: sciatica

  • Sciatica

    Sciatica

    The sciatica is the clinical translation of suffering from a root (L5 or SI) of the sciatic nerve in the lumbar spine. The origin of this monoradicular pain is usually compression, itself a row, in the vast majority of cases, a herniated disc.More rarely, this compression is related to another pathology “mechanical” (arthrosis, spondylolisthesis, etc.),…

  • Ankylosing Spondylitis

    Ankylosing Spondylitis

    * Also called ankylosing spondylitis. It affects mainly men (3 of 4) begins in the subject young between 18 and 30 years. Can begun in children from 8 years. More rarely in the elderly. The presence of radiographic signs such as bilateral sacroiliitis or syndesmophytes is an element of certainty (HLA B27 is only a…