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What is a Herniated Disc?

People between the ages of 30 and 50 are most at risk for herniation because the elasticity and water content of the nucleus pulposus decrease with age...
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Herniated nucleus pulposus

Return to top A herniated nucleus pulposus is a slipped disk along the spinal cord...when all or part of the soft center of a spinal disk is forced through a weakened part of the disk...
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Slipped Disc is also known as: prolapsed intervertebral disc, intervertebral disc protrusion,, Herniation is also known as: hernia, herniated tissue
Slipped Disc Definition: Slipped disk n. Protrusion of a part of an intervertebral disk through the fibrocartilage, more...

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chelsea2

i am 21 years old and i just got a slip disc...my doc says its not so serious but can i get paralized?
according to my x ray, the results tell me that i have a mild reduction in L5 S1 DISC SPACE and a mild vertebral offset at L5 L1 level with reduction in corresponding disc...
Answered 4 months ago by Joseph83 | 1 answers
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is surgery the only option in slip disc? can alternate therapy help?
my brother has just been diagonsed with slip disc and the doctor has suggested surgery.should we take a second opinion? is surgery the only option or can alternate therapy...
Answered 3 months ago by Stella... | 2 answers

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