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Chemical Radiculitis

Chemical radiculitis is the diagnosis often linked to spinal nerve root irritation caused by the spilled interior nucleus pulposus proteins of a ruptured disc. Radiculitis is a general term indicating nerve pain, while the addition of chemical denotes a particular substance causing the agonizing symptoms. This is a very controversial diagnosis which may or may not exist in any given patient, since it seems that extruded disc proteins affect each person differently...

What is Chemical Radiculitis?

Chemical Radiculitis

When an intervertebral disc ruptures, the nucleus proteins might exit the compromised disc structure. If these proteins come into contact with the spinal nerves, there is a chance that the proteins might have an irritating effect which can elicit symptoms in some patients. Why certain patients experience symptoms from this structural condition and others do not is still being studied, but may have something to do with each person’s individual neurological sensitivity.

The specific protein theorized to do the most damage to nerve tissue is called tumor necrosis factor-alpha. It is a known cause of apoptosis (cellular death) in certain cells.

Spinal Nerve Root Irritation Treatment

This particular form of radiculitis sometimes resolves all by itself. The body will eventually absorb the irritating proteins, although in some individuals, this process can take a very long time. The back pain industry generally fights CR using epidural injections which are designed to neutralize and flush away the nucleus proteins, hopefully resolving the painful symptoms. For accurately diagnosed patients, these injections have about a 50% chance of ending their pain. Some patients are treated using back surgery procedures to remove disc proteins and decompress affected spinal nerve roots. This is often a dire mistake, since most disc conditions should be treated non-surgically to avoid commonly experienced risks and complications.

Chemical Radiculitis Advice

If you are unlucky enough to be one of the sensitive people who might be suffering from a CR condition due to a ruptured disc, take heart. Injection therapy is a good bet and offers acceptable results at very low risk. If multiple rounds of back pain injections, combined with other conservative therapy options do not resolve your pain, you must consider the very real possibility that your pain might have been misdiagnosed. This is a common occurrence for back pain sufferers and was the reason why I suffered from chronic back pain for 18 long years of my young adult life…
Chemical Radiculitis to Back Pain Home 3/18/09 Revised 1/6/10

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