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Disc Prolapse
Disc Prolapse is yet another of the many names for a
herniated disc.
Prolapse means to slip out of place, hence the misleading colloquial nomenclature of
slipped disc.
Regardless of what name the condition is called, it is one of the scariest and most fear inspiring of all
back pain diagnoses.
Disk Prolapse Condition
There are many forms of
prolapsed disc.
The disc might simply
bulge,
creating an asymmetrical appearance despite the outer wall remaining intact. The disc might also suffer an annular tear and leak some of the inner core of the structure into the body cavity. This condition is often known as a
ruptured disc.
The main criteria for a prolapsed disc is that the integrity structure has been compromised, creating a bulge, weakness or actual hole in the outer disc wall.
Disc Prolapse Facts
The very words “herniated disc” can have a profound effect on any diagnosed patient, when uttered by their physician.
Intervertebral disc
conditions have a well known reputation as extremely problematic disorders to cure. While it is true that many people suffer with
back ache
blamed on a bad disc for many years, it is actually quite rare for the disc to be the real source of symptoms in most of these poor
misdiagnosed
souls. Disc pain is typically reserved for cases of acute trauma and will generally resolve within weeks. The possibility of a herniated disc causing
chronic back pain
for years or even decades, is very, very slim indeed…
Disc Prolapse Advice
Before you get yourself all worked up about being diagnosed with a prolapsed disc, take some time to research the condition for yourself. I am sure that you will see that the clinical impression of many
disc pain
syndromes do not match the expected symptomology of the diagnosis exactly, or possibly, not at all. I never questioned the diagnosis of herniated discs as the source of my pain and look where it got me… 18 long hard years of agonizing pain and misery. Had I simply woke up to the facts a bit sooner, I could have saved myself and my loved ones literally tons of pain, suffering and money! Oh well, for me, the solution came in the form of
knowledge,
not
surgery,
drugs
or ridiculous
back pain treatments,
and that cure was well worth the wait.
Disc Prolapse to Back Pain Home
8/31/09
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